Avia BH-19

The Avia BH-19 was a fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was a low-wing braced monoplane derived from the Avia BH-3 and reflected its designers' ongoing belief that the monoplane configuration was the most suitable for a fighter aircraft. Initial trials revealed excellent performance, but also displayed control problems and aileron flutter. Nevertheless, the Czechoslovak Army was sufficiently impressed to inform Avia that it would order the BH-19 if the problems could be rectified. The first prototype was destroyed in a crash during speed trials, and the second prototype revealed no better handling than its predecessor. At this point, the Czechoslovak War Ministry stepped in and asked Avia to cease its attempts to develop a monoplane fighter.

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1924 — 1926  Wikimedia, Wikidata
BH-19
length 7.37 metre, mass 1155 kilogram, speed 245 kilometre per hour, 
fighter aircraft with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine, single-seat fighter, land-based fighter monoplane, Avia, First Czechoslovak Republic, 

Avia BH-8, land-based fighter monoplane, Lockheed YP-24, single-seat fighter, Sukhoi Su-1, Sukhoi Su-3, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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Photo of Avia BH-19 aircraft

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Photo of Avia BH-19 aircraft		Commons