Overview
The Avia BH-5 was a two-seat sport aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923. It was based on the firm's experience with the BH-1 and shared that aircraft's basic design: a low-wing, braced monoplane. As a result of its L-BOSA registration, all slow flying Avia monoplanes of the BH-5 lineage were nicknamed Boska. The BH-5 was flown competitively by Zdeněk Lhota at the Belgian Touring Aircraft Contest in Brussels in 1923, and won both the overall prize for the event and the King of Belgium Prize. The same year, it won the first prize in its class in the Czechoslovak President of the Republic Competition.
Specifications
Dimensions
| Length | 6.56 m |
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| Wingspan | 9.70 m |
Performance
| Max. speed | 150 km/h |
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| Range | 480 km |
Figures are compiled from public sources and may be approximate; they can vary by variant and configuration.
Photos
Photo 1: Miroslav Juhos from Pilsen, Czech Republic / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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