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De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
Trainer · Digital Age (2010–present)
The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft designed and developed by Canadian aircraft manufacturer de Havilland Canada. It was developed shortly after the Second World War and sold in large numbers during the immediate post-war years, being typically employed as a replacement for the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane. The type certificate of the aircraft is now owned by the De Havilland Canada founded in 2019.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Trainer
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Digital Age (2010–present)
- Engine
- 1× 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine
- Thrust / Power
- 145 hp
- Length (ft)
- 25
- Wingspan (ft)
- 34
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 1517
- MTOW (lb)
- 2200
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 15800
- Range (mi)
- 259
- Max Speed (mph)
- 138