| BH-5 | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Sports plane |
| National origin | Czechoslovakia |
| Manufacturer | Avia |
| Designer | |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1923 |
TheAvia BH-5 was a two-seat sport aircraft built inCzechoslovakia in 1923. It was based on the firm's experience with theBH-1 and shared that aircraft's basic design: a low-wing, bracedmonoplane. As a result of its L-BOSA registration, all slow flying Avia monoplanes of the BH-5 lineage (BH-5 through to BH-12) were nicknamedBoska. The BH-5 was flown competitively byZdeněk Lhota at theBelgian Touring Aircraft Contest inBrussels in 1923, and won both the overall prize for the event and the King of Belgium Prize. The same year, it won the first prize in its class in the Czechoslovak President of the Republic Competition.
On 1 June 2007, a replica (OK-BOS) built byMarcel Sezemský and members ofHistorická letka Republiky československé, completed its first flight fromMladá Boleslav in theCzech Republic. The engine used is an original 1923Walter NZ 60five-cylinder unit.[1]
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