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Property	Value
rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	Fleet Finch
rdfs:comment	The Fleet 16B Finch II was a progressive development of the original Consolidated Fleet primary trainer (Fleet 10), manufacture of which commenced in Canada by Fleet Aircraft in 1930. After a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) evaluation in 1938 recommended a number of changes, a total of 431 Finch trainers were built for the RCAF between 1939 and 1941. The aircraft had conventional construction for the period with a welded steel-tube fuselage and composite metal, wood and fabric design features. The RCAF acquired the aircraft type as an elementary trainer. The Fleet 16 first entered RCAF service with tandem open cockpits, but the severity of the Canadian winter necessitated the introduction of a sliding canopy at an early stage in the trainer's service career.
owl:sameAs	dbr:Fleet_Finch
empty weight kg	509
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range km	483
ceiling ft	10500
climb rate ftmin	435
met or eng?	eng
Produced	1939
Status	Retired
range miles	300
eng1 type	Kinner B-5 five-cylinder radial piston engine
gross weight kg	908
length in	8
Introduced	1939
primary user	Royal Canadian Air Force
Type	Trainer
wing area sqft	194.400000
height m	2.360000
Height in	9
span m	8.530000
climb rate ms	2
Manufacturer	dbkwik:resource/vImGzujwma4In_K20lNpQg==
max speed kmh	167
empty weight lb	1222
ceiling m	3200
cruise speed kmh	137
length m	6.640000
max speed mph	104
length ft	21
Height ft	7
First Flight	1939-02-08
more users	Portugal
span ft	28
cruise speed mph	85
gross weight lb	2000
span in	0
wing area sqm	18.050000
Retired	1947
Crew	2
Number Built	606
eng1 hp	125
eng1 number	1
abstract	The Fleet 16B Finch II was a progressive development of the original Consolidated Fleet primary trainer (Fleet 10), manufacture of which commenced in Canada by Fleet Aircraft in 1930. After a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) evaluation in 1938 recommended a number of changes, a total of 431 Finch trainers were built for the RCAF between 1939 and 1941. The aircraft had conventional construction for the period with a welded steel-tube fuselage and composite metal, wood and fabric design features. The RCAF acquired the aircraft type as an elementary trainer. The Fleet 16 first entered RCAF service with tandem open cockpits, but the severity of the Canadian winter necessitated the introduction of a sliding canopy at an early stage in the trainer's service career.