Top speed 290 km/h Length 7.5 m | Wingspan 10 m First flight 1928 Designer Ernst Heinkel | |
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The Heinkel HD 38 was a fighter aircraft developed in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a compact, single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced with N-type interplane struts, a refined version of the HD 37 that had been evaluated and rejected by the Reichswehr for use at the secret training facility at Lipetsk. The HD 38 was designed in the hope of capturing a different niche - that of a seaplane fighter, and was designed with twin pontoon undercarriage that could be quickly removed and replaced with wheels. It was accepted into this role, but did not serve in it long before being relegated to general training duties. Even then, it was not long before Germany abandoned the Lipetsk base to the Soviet Union.
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