Hanriot H.43
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The Hanriot H.43 was a military utility biplane designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Hanriot. It was primarily used by the Aéronautique Militaire as a trainer aircraft during the interwar period.
H.43 | |
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H.431 | |
Role | Military utility aircraft |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Hanriot |
First flight | 1927 |
Primary user | Aéronautique Militaire |
Number built | ca. 160 |
While Hanriot had spent most of the 1920s manufacturing various developments of the HD.14 that had first flown in 1920, the H.43 was an entirely new design. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span and a fuselage of fabric-covered metal tube. Accommodation for the pilot and passenger was in tandem, open cockpits and the main units of the fixed, tailskid undercarriage were linked by a cross-axle.
During 1927, a pair of prototypes performed their maiden flights; these were quickly followed by the LH.431 during 1928, a much-modified version that dispensed with the sweepback used on both the upper and lower wings of the H.43, had a new tail fin and added metal covering to the sides of the fuselage. This was ordered into production by the Aéronautique Militaire, which ordered 50 examples. These were slightly different again from the LH.431 prototype, having divided main undercarriage units, wings of slightly greater area, and redesigned interplane struts.