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The Heinkel He 71 was a German single-seat
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 ...
, a smaller version of the two-seat Heinkel He 64
The Heinkel He 64 was a sports plane built in Germany in 1933 to participate in the touring plane championships that year, designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter.
Development
The He 64 was a sleek, low-wing monoplane of conventional configura ...
. A low-wing monoplane with a fixed conventional landing gear
Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Term ...
, the prototype first flew with an open cockpit and a Hirth HM 60
The Hirth HM 60 was a four-cylinder inverted air-cooled inline aircraft engine designed in 1923 and first sold in 1924. The engine was of very high quality, and its sales success contributed to Hirth's rapid pre-war expansion. It was a popular ...
engine. It was later modified with an enclosed cabin and a Hirth HM 4
Hirth Engines GmbH is an engine manufacturer based in Benningen, Germany. It is currently a part of the UMS Aero Group. Hirth began manufacturing aero engines in the 1920s, was taken over by Heinkel in WWII to develop the Heinkel-Hirth jet e ...
engine. With additional fuel tanks to increase range it was used by German aviator Elly Beinhorn
Elly Beinhorn (30 May 1907 – 28 November 2007) was a German pilot.
Life
Early life
She was born in Hannover, Germany on 30 May 1907.
In 1928, she attended a lecture by famed aviator Hermann Köhl, who had recently completed a historic E ...
on a flight around Africa.
Specifications (He 71B)
References
;Notes ;Bibliography * 1930s German sport aircraft He 071 Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1933 {{aero-1930s-stub