Hiro H-97 flying boat
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Hiro H-97 flying boat: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook |
Hiro H-97 flying boat: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook |
Design
I have no conclusive evidence that this aircraft ever existed. I can only find it mentioned in the Spotters' Handbook.
Prototype
Production
Variants
Usage
Specifications
| Hiro H-97 | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Crew | |
| Engine (Type) | 4: Hispano-Suiza1 |
| Cylinders | |
| Cooling | Liquid1 |
| Net HP | 720 each1 |
| Propeller blades | |
| Dimensions | |
| Span | 104'1 |
| Length | 69' 6"1 |
| Height | |
| Wing area | |
| Weight | |
| Empty | |
| Loaded | 33,000 lb1 |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 200 mph1 |
| Cruising speed | |
| Climb | |
| Service ceiling | |
| Range | |
| Maximum range | |
| Armament |
Sources:
- Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook, Ensign L. C. Guthman, 1943
