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Helicopters & Sea Planes

 

 

Helicopters

 
Type: MBB PAH-1 two seat anti-tank helicopter.
Max Speed: 137 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: ft 1,770 per min.
Service Ceiling: 13,950 ft
Range: 357 miles.
Armament:  six Euromissile HOT heavy anti-tank missiles.
Photo: Salamander
Military versions of the BO 105 are widely used in West Germany, and are also in smaller scale service with several other countries, including Indonesia where the type is made under license. 

 
Type: MBB/Kawasaki BK 117M two crew utility helicopter.
Max Speed: 155 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 1,476 ft. per minute.
Service Ceiling: 15,000 ft.
Range: 308 miles.
Armament: one 0.5 in 12.7 mm machine gun and a wide assortment of disposable weapons, including eight anti-tank missiles, carried on two hardpoints on the fuselage side.
Photo: Coll Avia News
In February 1977, MBB of West Germany and Kawasaki of Japan signed an agreement for the joint development of a twin-turbine utility helicopter suitable for military as well as civil use.

 

 

Seaplane

 
Type: Blohm und Voss Bv 138A-1 six seat maritime reconnaissance flying boat.
Max Speed: 165 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 6,560 ft. in 8 minutes 30 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 11,810 ft.
Range: 2,442 miles.
Armament: one 20 mm cannon in nose turret and two 7.92 mm 0.312 in machine guns in central nacelle and hull rear positions, and up to 331 lb of bombs.
Photo: D. R.
The Bv 138 was of unusual configuration was its central nacelle, twin booms, and three engines, but proved an effective long range reconnaissance machine with anti-ship/submarine capability.

 

Type: Domier Do 15 Wal four seat maritime reconnaissance flying boat.
Max Speed: 124 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: 3,280 ft in 7 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 9,845 ft.
Range: 1,180 miles.
Armament: three 7.92 mm 0.312 in machine guns in bow ond two dorsal positions, and up to 441 lb of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Used for civil and military task, the Do J series proved itself and important plane in aviation history with a number of record breaking flights as well as pioneering civil operations.

 

Type: Arado Ar 95A-1 two seat coastal patrol and light attack floatplane.
Max Speed: 193 mph at 9,845 ft.
Climb Rate: 3,280 ft in 2 minutes 18 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 23,945 ft.
Range: 683 miles.
Armament: two 0.312 in 7.92 mm machine guns, and one 1,764 lb
torpedo or 1,102 lb bomb.
Photo: Musee de 1 Air
Seen in civil markings, the Ar 95 prototype shows off the types torpedo carrying capability.

 

Type: Zeppelin-Lindau (Domier) Rs III multi-seat reconnaissance flying boat.
Max Speed: 84 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: 6,560 ft in 35 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 6,560 ft.
Range: endurance 10 hours 0 minutes.
Armament: three 0.312 in 7.92 mm trainable machine guns located on the bow (one gun) and boom (two guns).
Photo:Musee de 1 Air
The Rs III was a great achievement, but lacked any real role in the closing stages of the First World War.

 

Type: Heinkel He 115C-1 three seat general purpose and torpedo bomber seaplane.
Max Speed: 186 mph at 3,280 ft.
Climb Rate: 3,280 ft in 5 min 6 sec.
Service Ceiling: 18,040 ft.
Range: 1,740 miles.
Armament: one 15-mm and two (7.92-mm (0.312-in) machine guns in fixed installations, two 7.92-mm guns in trainable installations, and up to 2,756 of bombs or mines, or one 1,102 lb torpedo.
Photo: D. R.
The He 115's most useful role was coastal minelaying at night and at very low level.

 
Type: Do 24T-1 six seat air/sea rescue flying boat.
Max Speed: 211 mph at 9,845 ft.
Climb Rate: 6,560 ft. in 6.0 minutes.
Service Ceiling: 24,605 ft.
Range: 2,920 miles
Armament: 2,920 milesone 20 mm cannon and two 7.9 mm 0.312 in machine guns.
Photo: D. R.
Conceived in peacettime for the Netherlands, the Do 24 was used by the Luftwaffe for sea search and patrol between 1940 and 1945. Wartime production was in occupied Holland and France.

 
Type: Arado Ar 196A-3 two seat shipborne and shore based reconnaissance floatplane.
Max Speed: 193 mph at 13,125 ft.
Climb Rate: 1,358 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 23,025 ft.
Range: 445 miles.
Armament: two 20 mm cannon and two 7.92 mm 0.312 in
machine guns (one fixed and one trainable) and up to two 110 lb
bombs
Photo: D. R.
An Ar 196 taxiing slowly. the ability to alight on water was essential for recovery by parent ship's crane, and also suited the type for operation from coastal bases.

 

 

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