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The Blohm & Voss Ha 139 was a German all-metal inverted gull wing floatplane. With its four engines it was at the time one of the largest float-equipped seaplanes that had been built. The inboard engines were mounted at the joint between the inboard anhedral and outboard dihedral wing sections, above the pylon-mounted floats.

Ha 139
Ha 139 Nordwind in 1938
Role mail/cargo plane
Manufacturer Blohm & Voss
First flight October 1936
Introduction 1937
Primary user Deutsche Luft Hansa
Produced 1936–1938
Number built 3
Variants Blohm & Voss BV 142

Further development of the Ha 139 led to the land-based version Blohm & Voss BV 142 which had its first flight in October 1938.


Operational history


A Ha 139 on board the catapult ship Friesenland.
A Ha 139 on board the catapult ship Friesenland.

The aircraft were flown by Deutsche Luft Hansa on transatlantic routes between 1937 and 1939, predominantly between Bathurst, The Gambia and Natal, Brazil. Catapult-launched from an aircraft tender they were able to transport 500 kg of mail over a distance of up to 5,000 km.

On the outbreak of World War II, the planes were transferred to the Luftwaffe and used for transport, reconnaissance and minesweeping work over the Baltic Sea. They were not particularly suited for military use.


Variants


Data from: Aircraft of the Third Reich[1]

Ha 139 Nordstern leaving the Friesenland in 1938.
Ha 139 Nordstern leaving the Friesenland in 1938.
Projekt 15
Catapult launched floatplane mail-carrier design for Deutsche Lufthansa (DLH), became the Ha 139.
Projekt 20
A reconnaissance-bomber derivative of Projekt 15 submitted to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) (German air Ministry) but generating little interest.
Ha 139 V1
Named Nordwind — First of two baseline prototypes
Ha 139 V2
Named Nordmeer — Second of two baseline prototypes
Ha 139 V3
Named Nordstern — Third prototype with longer wingspan, increased wing area and modified engine mounts.
Ha 139B
The Ha 139 V3 re-designated when in service with DLH.
Ha 139B/Umbau
After service with DLH, the Ha 139B was modified as the Ha 139B/Umbau with an extended glazed nose accommodating a navigator and a spherical Ikaria mount for a machine-gun. Further machine guns were mounted in the cockpit roof hatch and in lateral mountings on either side of the rear fuselage.
Ha 139B/MS
The Ha 139B/Umbau was later modified into a minesweeping (Minensuch) aircraft fitted with a large magnetic sensing loop strung between the nose, floats, wing-tips, and tail unit.

Specifications (Ha 139B/Umbau)


Model of the third prototype in Minensuch (minesweeper) configuration at Museum of Flight
Model of the third prototype in Minensuch (minesweeper) configuration at Museum of Flight

Data from Green[1]

General characteristics

Performance

4,950 km (3,076 mi) at 200 km/h (124 mph)

Armament


See also


Related lists


References


Notes
  1. Green, William (2010). Aircraft of the Third Reich (1st ed.). London: Aerospace Publishing Limited. p. 34. ISBN 978 1 900732 06 2.
Bibliography



На других языках


[de] Blohm & Voss Ha 139

Die Blohm & Voss Ha 139 war ein deutsches Transatlantik-Postflugzeug der 1930er Jahre. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde es zu militärischen Zwecken eingesetzt.
- [en] Blohm & Voss Ha 139

[fr] Blohm & Voss Ha 139

Le Blohm & Voss Ha 139 est un hydravion à flotteurs quadrimoteur qui était prévu pour le transport transatlantique de fret ou de passagers. Trois appareils furent construits. Le premier fut livré à l'été 1937 et le dernier fin 1938.

[it] Blohm & Voss Ha 139

Il Blohm & Voss Ha 139 era un idrovolante quadrimotore a lungo raggio prodotto dall'azienda tedesca Blohm & Voss GmbH negli anni trenta e caratterizzato dalla configurazione alare "ad ala di gabbiano rovesciate" (o a "W") ed impennaggio bideriva.



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