V I
Role	Airliner Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Arado Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1927
Primary user	Deutsche Luft Hansa
Number built	1

The Arado V.1 was a prototype airliner, built in Germany in 1927. It was a single-engine, high-wing braced monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage. It made several long-distance flights, including carrying mail to South America, before being exhibited in Berlin in 1929, when it was bought by Deutsche Luft Hansa.^[1]

Operational history

The sole V.I (D-1594), took part in the 1928 Berlin ILA-exhibition and was subsequently sold to Deutsche Luft Hansa (DLH) in the autumn of 1929 and named Tenerife on 12 December 1929. After a successful proving flight to Tenerife, the aircraft crashed near Berlin, on 19 December 1929, during its return flight, killing both pilots, though the mechanic survived.^[1]

Variants

Data from: German Aviation 1919-1945:Arado V.I^[1]

V.I

A single aircraft, (D-1594), sold to DLH.

V.Ia

The second aircraft, scrapped uncompleted, after DLH withdrew funding on the crash of the V.I.

Specifications (V.I)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928.^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 4 pax
• Length: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
• Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 47.24 m² (508.5 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,350 kg (5,181 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 585 L (155 US gal; 129 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW licence-built Pratt & Whitney Hornet 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 370 kW (500 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
• Range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• Wing loading: 50 kg/m² (10 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.1596 kW/kg (0.0971 hp/lb)