Avia BH-26
The Avia BH -26 is a Czechoslovak two-seat fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. Flown it was mainly in the 1930s.
History
In 1926 the machine by Czech designers Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn was (hence the abbreviation BH) developed at Avia in Prague- Vysočany. In addition to the findings, the machine should be able to lead a dogfight. The aircraft had initially a one-piece rudder, according to aerodynamic difficulties, it was preceded by a rigid tail fin. The first flight took place 1927. Though it was a good machine in itself, only eight copies were built. They came to the Central Flying School of the Czech Air Force under the name B.26 used. Even as the BH -26 was in series production, already BH- 28 was working on the successor. However, this was never used. When the Second World War, the aircraft were briefly used by the German army as a courier aircraft. From 1940 onwards, however, they were removed from service and scrapped.
Construction
The machine is designed as an all-metal biplane. The side walls of the fuselage were performed smoothly down and had a square cross section, while for models from other manufacturers round hulls were preferred. The wings were einholmig and connected with each other and with the hull with N- stems and additionally braced. They also had different spans, with the lower wing was as typical Beneš-/Hajn-Konstruktion slightly longer than the upper. The engine was a license production of the British Bristol Jupiter IV
Military use
- Czechoslovak Air Force
- Luftwaffe ( Wehrmacht ): after the occupation of Czechoslovakia were several machines used as a courier aircraft