Classic aircraft
Focke-Wulf A 16
The Focke-Wulf A.16 was a German three/four passenger light transport monoplane.
- Role: Light passenger transport
- National origin: Germany
- Manufacturer: Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG
- Designed by: Heinrich Focke and Georg Wulf
- First flight: 1924
- Number built: 20+
Specifications (A.16c)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3–4
- Length: 8.5 m (27 ft 103⁄4 in)
- Wingspan: 13.90 m (45 ft 71⁄4 in)
- Height: 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in)
- Wing area: 27.1 m2 (291 ft2)
- Empty weight: 570 kg (1256 lb)
- Gross weight: 970 kg (2138 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh 11 7-cylinder radial piston engine, 56 kW (75 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 135 km/h (84 mph)
- Range: 550 km (342 miles)
- Service ceiling: 2500 m (8200 ft)
Max Holste Broussard
The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s French six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement.
- Role: Six-seat utility monoplane
- National origin: France
- Manufacturer: Avions Max Holste
- First flight: 12 June 1951
- Introduction: 1954
- Status: retired 1983
- Number built: 396
Military operators
- Argentine Air Force
- Argentine National Gendarmerie
- Benin Air Force
- Royal Cambodian Air Force
- Cameroon Air Force
- Central African Republic Air Force
- Chad Air Force
- French Air Force
- French Army
- Securite Civile
- Cote d’Ivoire Air Force
- Malagasy Air Force
- Mali Air Force
- Mauritanian Islamic Air Force
- Royal Moroccan Air Force
- Niger Air Force
- Portuguese Air Force
- Senegalese Air Force
Specifications (MH.1521M)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 5
- Length: 8.65 m (28 ft 4½ in)
- Wingspan: 13.75 m (45 ft 1¼ in)
- Height: 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 25.20 m2 (271.26 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1530 kg (3373 lb)
- Gross weight: 2500 kg (5512 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 radial piston engine, 336 kW (450 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 270 km/h (168 mph)
- Service ceiling: 5500 m (18045 ft)
Blériot XI
The Blériot XI is the aircraft that was used by Louis Blériot on 25 July 1909 to make the first flight across the English Channel made in a heavier-than-air aircraft. The Thulin A is Licence-built in Sweden.
- Role: Civil tourer/trainer/military
- National origin: France
- Manufacturer: Louis Blériot
- Designer: Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier
- First flight: 23 January 1909
Military operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 7.79 m (25 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.69 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 14 m2 (150 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 230 kg (507 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Anzani 3-cyl. Fan 25-30 hp 3-cyl. air-cooled fan style radial piston engine, 19 kW (25 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Chauvière Intégrale, 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 75.6 km/h (47 mph; 41 kn)
- Service ceiling: 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Junkers Ju 52
The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) was a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s.
- Role: Transport aircraft
- National origin: Germany
- Manufacturer: Junkers
- First flight: 13 October 1930 (Ju 52/1m); 7 March 1932 (Ju 52/3m)
- Introduction: 1931
- Status: retired
- Produced: 1931–1945 (Germany) Junkers, 1945–1947 (France) Amiot AAC 1 Toucan, 1945–1952 (Spain) CASA 352 and 352L
- Number built: 4,845
Military Junkers Ju 52 Fact-sheet
Specifications (Junkers Ju 52/3m ce)
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Capacity: 17 passengers
- Length: 18.90 m ()
- Wingspan: 29.25 m ()
- Height: 6.10 m ()
- Wing area: 110.5 m² ()
- Empty weight: 5,970 kg (13,180 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 9,210 kg (20,330 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × BMW Hornet A2, 386 kW (525 PS) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 271 km/h (168 mph) at 900 m
- Cruise speed: 222 km/h (138 mph)
- Range: 950 km (590 mi)
- Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,050 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.90 m/s ()
- Wing loading: 83.35 kg/m² ()
- Power/mass: 7.95 kg/kW (5.85 kg/PS)