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Heinkel HD 55

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in October 1930, and trials commenced immediately, revealing problems with both the catapult and the aircraft. These difficulties were never fully resolved, and the KR-1 was plagued through its career by various structural defects. Nevertheless, the type was deployed into service, with catapults and
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The HD 55 came about as a result of a meeting between Heinkel and Soviet officials in May 1929, leading to a contract for 15 such aircraft, and two pneumatic
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of 1927 and was a conventional design for its time, with equal
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aircraft installed at various times aboard the cruisers
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similar to the type Heinkel had developed to launch the
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London: Studio Editions. p. 499. 368:2 × trainable, rearward-firing 7.62 mm 343:800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi) 26: 7: 288:14.00 m (45 ft 11 in) 282:10.35 m (34 ft 0 in) 1277: 294:4.28 m (14 ft 1 in) 188:was used (корабельный разведчик - 25: 300:56.9 m (612 sq ft) 156:on struts above the pilot's open 240: 126:in the early 1930s for use as a 35: 1716:Single-engined tractor aircraft 386:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation 192:- "Shipboard Reconnaissance"). 384:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). 137:. The design was based on the 1: 349:4,800 m (15,800 ft) 312:2,270 kg (5,000 lb) 306:1,520 kg (3,350 lb) 152:wings, and an engine mounted 1721:Aircraft first flown in 1929 1518:Short-range scout seaplane ( 1176:Aichi Type H Carrier Fighter 1568:Long-range scout seaplane ( 1268:scout aircraft designations 322:, 360 kW (480 hp) 1737: 1433:Shipboard catapult-scout ( 1676: 1633:Open-sea scout seaplane ( 34: 29: 267:General characteristics 1170:Orlogsvaerftet HM.II. 276:Two, pilot and gunner 255:Soviet Naval Aviation 190:Korabelniy Razvedchik 1678:Unknown/not assigned 1157:Foreign designations 432:Company designations 320:Siemens-Halske Sh 20 175:mail plane from the 198:Parizhskaya Kommuna 1026:Projects 1933–1945 90:Primary user 1683: 1682: 1363:Shipboard scout ( 1233: 1232: 755: 754: 109: 108: 105:approximately 40 16:(Redirected from 1728: 1706:Heinkel aircraft 1666: 1636: 1620: 1615: 1571: 1555: 1521: 1495: 1466: 1463:Scout seaplane ( 1436: 1420: 1415: 1410: 1405: 1400: 1391: 1366: 1343: 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Index

Heinkel He 55

Reconnaissance
flying boat
Germany
Heinkel
Soviet Navy
biplane
flying boat
Germany
reconnaissance
Soviet
warships
HD 15
mail plane
span
unstaggered
tractor-wise
cockpit
fuselage
catapults
HE 12
Bremen
designation
Parizhskaya Kommuna
Chervona Ukraina
Komintern
Krasny Kavkaz
Profintern
Beriev Be-2

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