Heinkel Aircraft

Heinkel He 1 1923 Three-seat low-wing monoplane floatplane designed by Ernst Heinkel but produced under licence in Sweden for ... read more ... The Heinkel He 2 represented an improvement on the He 1 and underwent considerable testing ... read more ... Heinkel He 2 1923 Heinkel He 4 1926 read more ... Three-seat reconnaissance monoplane, developed from the He 1 and powered by 335kW Napier Lion engine. ... read more ... Heinkel He 5 1926 Heinkel He 8 1927 The He 8 was a two/three-seat reconnaissance floatplane powered by a 335kW Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar ... read more ... The He 46 of 1931 was a two-seat armed reconnaissance and army cooperation parasol-wing monoplane, ... read more ... Heinkel He 46 1931 Heinkel He 59 1931 The He 59 first appeared in 1931 and was a large twin-float biplane powered by ... read more ... The He 45 was the first of Heinkel's combat aircraft proper for the Third Reich. ... read more ... Heinkel He 45 1931 Heinkel He 50 1932 The He 50 was a 484.4kW Bramo 322B-engined single-seat dive-bomber and two-seat reconnaissance biplane of 1931, ... read more ... Ernst Heinkel, chief designer of Hansa Brandenburg for a number of years, was responsible for ... read more ... Heinkel He 51 1932 Heinkel He 63 1932 The first prototype flew in 1932. There were two modifications: the land based He-63L and ... read more ... Two-seat sporting and training monoplane powered by a 112kW Argus As 8R inverted engine. Both ... read more ... Heinkel He 64 1932 Heinkel He 70 "Blitz" 1932 The He 70 was produced as a commercial and military high-performance monoplane, powered by a ... read more ... Heinkel He 49 1932 Heinkel He 60 1933 The He 60 entered production in 1933 as a two-seat short-range armed reconnaissance biplane and ... read more ... Appearing in 1933, the He 72 was a two-seat open-cockpit biplane for training and aerobatics, ... read more ... Heinkel He 72 "Kadett" 1933 Heinkel He 74 1933 Scaled-down version of the He 51 biplane, intended as advanced ... read more ... Developed to replace the He 59, the Heinkel He 115 floatplane prototype was flown ... read more ... Heinkel He 115 1933 Heinkel He 112 1935 Seeking a replacement for the Heinkel He 51 and Arado Ar 68 biplane ... read more ... Like a number of German aircraft which were designed and built in the 1930s, the ... read more ... Heinkel He 111 1935 Heinkel He 114 1936 Intended to replace Heinkel's own He 60, the Heinkel He 114 was developed originally ... read more ... Developed in 1936 as a mailplane for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Heinkel He 116 made use ... read more ... Heinkel He 116 1937 Heinkel He 119 1937 Experimental two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. The He 119 had a ... read more ... Designed as a replacement for the very successful Messerschmitt Bf 109, the He 100 failed ... read more ... Heinkel He 100 1938 Heinkel He 118 1938 Two-seat monoplane dive bomber, a sleek aircraft with a ... read more ... Single-seat experimental aeroplane powered by a 5.89kN Walter HWK-R1 203 rocket motor. First flown on ... read more ... Heinkel He 176 1939 Heinkel He 178 1939 This aircraft is assured a distinguished place in aviation history: on 27 August 1939, piloted ... read more ... Four years of development preceded the first production orders for the He 177, the first ... read more ... Heinkel He 177 "Greif" 1939 Heinkel He 280 1940 When work on the He 178 was discontinued in the autumn of 1939, effort ... read more ... Potentially one of the Luftwaffe's most effective night-fighters, the Heinkel He 219 Uhu (owl) was ... read more ... Heinkel He 219 "Uhu" 1942 Heinkel He 277 1943 In an effort to overcome the problems being experienced with the coupled DB 606 engines ... read more ... The He 111Z (Zwilling, or twin) combined two He 111H-6 airframes, joined by a new ... read more ... Heinkel He 111Z 1943 Heinkel He 162 "Salamander" 1944 Popularly known as the '"Volksjager" (People's Fighter) but best remembered by the name Salamander, the ... read more ... Developed in substitution for the planned He 177A-4 high-altitude bomber, the Heinkel He 274 ... read more ... Heinkel He 274 1945