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Hollandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek Avia

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Avia
Role Two seat fighter aircraft/post and passenger transport
National origin Nederlands
Manufacturer Hollandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek
Designer Jablonski
First flight May not have flown

The Hollandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek Avia was a two-seat biplane, designed and displayed in the Netherlands in 1918. It was advertised as a fighter or as a post and passenger aircraft. Its first flight has not been confirmed.[1]

Design and development

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The Avia's only known appearance was at an exhibition at Rotterdam after the Armistice in 1918, where it was described both as a fighter, carrying fixed, forward firing machine guns and a moveable gun in the rear cockpit, and as a post- and passenger carrier. It was a two bay biplane with parallel interplane struts. The upper wing was supported over the fuselage by a cabane structure. It had a fixed, single axle conventional undercarriage, with struts from each wheel to the central fuselage underside and was powered by a 134 kW (180 hp) Argus six cylinder upright inline water-cooled engine, driving a two blade propeller.[1]

There were reports that the Avia was to be taken to Soesterberg for flight testing but nothing more was heard about it.[1]

Specifications

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Data from Wissenlink[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two
  • Wingspan: 11.60 m (38 ft 1 in)
  • Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) approximately
  • Powerplant: 1 × Argus Motoren As III 6-cylinder upright water-cooled inline engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn) estimated
  • Endurance: 4.5 hr estimated

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Wesselink, Theo; Postma, Thijs (1982). De Nederlandse vliegtuigen. Haarlem: Romem. p. 17. ISBN 90 228 3792 0.