HD.32
Role Military trainer
Manufacturer Hanriot, Zmaj aircraft from Zemun Yugoslavia
First flight 1924
Primary user Aéronautique Militaire

The Hanriot HD.32 was a military trainer aircraft built in France in the 1920s. Derived from the HD.14 and sharing the same basic configuration as it, the HD.32 was a substantially revised design, with redesigned tailplane, undercarriage, and wings of shorter span. The HD.14's wooden construction was replaced in part with metal structure.

The HD.32 was Hanriot's entry in a 1924 Aéronautique Militaire competition to select a new trainer, and as the winner, was ordered in quantity as the HD.32 EP.2. The type HD.320 was also built in Yugoslavia by Zmaj aircraft in Zemun, using a Salmson 9Ac, Siemens Sh12 or Walter NZ-120, engine.

In 1927, the Paraguayan Military Aviation School received three HD.32 which received the serials E.1, E.2 and E.3 (E meaning Escuela, School).[1] They were supplemented by five Fleet 2 trainers in 1931,[2] but remained in use until the end of the Chaco War, when they were retired.[3]


Operators

 France
 El Salvador
 Japan
  • One aircraft only.
 Paraguay
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  • 12 aircraft H.320 mod. 1926, Product: Aeroplanes Hanriot France
  • 45 aircraft H.320 mod. 1928, Product: Zmaj - Zemun Yugoslavia

Variants

  • HD.32 - main production version for Aéronautique Militaire with Le Rhône 9C engine
  • HD.320 - version with Salmson 9Ac engine (12 built + 45 Zmaj Zemun Yugoslavia)[4][5]
  • HD.321 - version with Clerget 9B engine (11 built, plus 4 converted from HD.32 and four converted from HD.14)

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 7.11 m (23 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 29.8 m2 (321 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 510 kg (1,120 lb)
  • Gross weight: 760 kg (1,680 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C , 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
  • Range: 200 km (125 mi, 109 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 3,850 m (12,600 ft)

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hanriot HD.32.

Related lists

Notes

  1. ↑ Sapienza 1995, p. 41
  2. 1 2 Hagedorn & Sapienza 1997, p. 123
  3. ↑ Sapienza 1995, p. 42
  4. ↑ Petrovic, Ognjan M. (2000). Military Aeroplanes of Kingdom of Jugoslavia 1918-1930. Beograd: MJVB LET-Flight. pp. 21–84.
  5. ↑ Janić, Čedomir; O. Petrović (2011). Short History of Aviation in Serbia. Beograd: Aerokomunikacije. ISBN 978-86-913973-2-6.

References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 470.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 896 Sheet 11.
  • Hagedorn, Dan; Sapienza, Antonio Luis (1997). Aircraft of the Chaco War 1928–1935. Atglen, Pennsylvania, US: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-0146-2.
  • Janić, Čedomir; O. Petrović (2011). Short History of Aviation in Serbia. Beograd: Aerokomunikacije. ISBN 978-86-913973-2-6.
  • Petrovic, Ognjan M. (2000). Military Aeroplanes of Kingdom of Jugoslavia 1918-1930. Beograd: MJVB LET-Flight. pp. 21–84.
  • Sapienza, Antonio Luis (June 1995). "Des avions d'entrainement Français au Paraguay". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French). No. 28. pp. 40–42. ISSN 1243-8650.


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