Airco DH.5

The Airco DH.5 was a British First World War single-seat fighter aircraft specifically designed to replace the obsolete Airco DH.2. The DH.5 was one of the first British fighter designs to include the improved Constantinesco interrupter gear to allow a forward-firing machine gun to fire through the propeller arc more effectively than the older mechanical gears.

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The Airco DH.5 was a British First World War single-seat fighter aircraft designed to replace the obsolete Airco DH.2. Airco DH.6 The Airco DH.3
Height Main
276.86
Designer
Geoffrey de Havilland
Length Alt
6.94 m
Power Alt
82.0
Loaded Weight Main
1492.0
Height Alt
2.77 m
Type Of Prop
9
Introduced
May 1917
Max Speed Main
6120.0
Ceiling Main
16000.0
Number Built
552
Crew
1
Loaded Weight Alt
677.0
Area Main
212.1
Primary user
Royal Flying Corps
Span Alt
7.82 m
Engine(prop)
Le Rhone 9J
Manufacturer
Airco
First Flight
August 1916
Climb Rate Main
1650.0
Power Main
110 hp
Number Of Props
1
Guns
1
Climb Rate Alt
270030.0
Length Main
693.4200000000001
Span Main
782.32
Area Alt
19.7 m²
Max Speed Alt
180000.0
Empty Weight Main
1010.0
Ceiling Alt
288000.0
Empty Weight Alt
458.0
Category
Biplane aircraft
British fighter aircraft 1910-1919
De Havilland aircraft
Military aircraft of World War I
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft

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