| HD 16 | |
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| Heinkel HD 16 inMalmö harbour, 1929 | |
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft Type of aircraft |
| National origin | German-Swedish |
| Manufacturer | Svenska Aero |
| Designer | Ernst Heinkel |
| First flight | 1928 |
| Primary user | Reichswehr |
| Number built | 2 |
TheHeinkel HD 16 was a single-engine biplane torpedo aircraft developed by theGerman aviation company Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the nineteen-twenties and produced under license by Svenska Aero inStockholm,Sweden.
The Heinkel HD 16 was an improvised version of the company's earlierHeinkel HD 14. Two HD 16s were built and sold to the Swedish Navy and designated T 1. The T 1 was equipped with two 14-cylinderArmstrong Siddeley Leopard radial engines with 666Horsepower. The plane carried a m / 17 type torpedo. This torpedo was built in Sweden, had a caliber of 45 cm and weighed about 800 kg. The aircraft was also armed with a 7.7 mm machine gun. On delivery, the pilot and the observer were placed side by side. The cockpit was subsequently modified in tandem to allow a better view for the observer.[1]
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