The Heinkel He 114 was a biplane reconnaissance seaplane produced for the Kriegsmarine in the 1930s for use from warships. It replaced the company's He 60 but did not remain in service long before being replaced in turn by the Arado Ar 196 as Germany's standard spotter aircraft. Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. ... Hs123 biplane. ... A military aircraft used for monitoring enemy activity, usually carrying no armament. ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery. ... The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... The Heinkel He 60 was a biplane reconnaissance seaplane designed for use from Kriegsmarine warships of the 1930s. ... The Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft built by Arado starting in 1936. ...

While the fuselage and flotation gear of the He 114 were completely conventional, its wing arrangement was highly unusual. The upper set of wings was attached to the fuselage with a set of cabane struts, as in a parasol wing monoplane, whereas the lower set was of much lesser span while having approximately the same chord. An amateur-built aircraft featuring a parasol wing A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts. ... A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ...

The He 114 was never a great success, was not built in large numbers, and served with the Luftwaffe for only a short time. While the He 60 had handled very well on the water but been sluggish in the air, the He 114's handling while afloat was poor and its performance in the air scarcely better than the aircraft it replaced. The Deutsche Luftwaffe or (German: air force, literally Air Arm or Air Weapon, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...

Twelve aircraft were exported to Sweden (where they were designated S-12) and twenty-four to Romania, where the last one remained in service until May 1960. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1960: Events January January 1 - Fiji Airways is reconstituted, becoming equally owned by BOAC, QANTAS, and Tasman Empire Airways. ...

Operators

• Germany
• Romania
• Sweden

Specifications (He 114A-2)

General characteristics

• Crew: two, pilot and observer
• Length: 11.64 m (38 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 13.60 m (44 ft 8 in)
• Height: 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in)
• Wing Area: m² ( ft²)
• Empty: 2,315 kg (5,104 lb)
• Loaded: kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: 3,670 kg (8,090 lb)
• Powerplant: 1x BMW 132K, 656 kW (880 hp)

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Performance

• Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph)
• Range: 920 km (571 miles)
• Service ceiling: m ( ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

Armament

• 1x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun in flexible mount for observer
• 2x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs

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