__NOTOC__ The Avia BH-16 was a single-seat very light sport aircraft built in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in 1924. Like other early Avia designs, it was a low-wing braced

monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...

of wooden construction. It could be powered by either a four-cylinder Vaslin engine or a inverted-V twin- Blackburne Tomtit.

Specifications (Vaslin engine)

References

* * Němeček, V. (1968). ''Československá letadla''. Praha: Naše Vojsko. {{AVIA aircraft 1920s Czechoslovak sport aircraft BH-16 Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1924