The Hanriot H.41 was a military trainer aircraft produced in France

France

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 in the 1920s. It was a further development in the family of aircraft that had commenced with the HD.14

Hanriot HD.14

The Hanriot HD.14 was a military trainer aircraft produced in large numbers in France during the 1920s. It was a conventional, two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the fuselage was braced to the lower wing with short struts...

 in 1920, and incorporated a number of design features that had been developed for other members of that family. Like those other aircraft, however, it was a conventional, two-bay biplane

Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

 with unstaggered wings of equal span.

The H.41 used the modern engine and mixed construction developed for the HD.40 air ambulance and used them in a new design for a military trainer. The design did not prove a success, however, and only eleven were built, with three different engine types. A floatplane variant based on the HD.17

Hanriot HD.17

The Hanriot HD.17 was a French trainer seaplane of the 1920s. It was essentially a floatplane version of the ubiquitous HD.14 with a revised tail and a more powerful engine. Over 50 examples were operated by the Aéronautique Maritime, of which seven were converted to landplanes. A small number of...

 was slightly more successful, with twelve examples exported to Greece and Portugal.

Variants

• H.41 - Two-seat training aircraft.
• H.410 - version with Lorraine 5Pa engine (5 built)
• H.411 - version with Salmson 7Ac engine (2 built)
• LH.412 - version with Lorraine 5Pb engine (4 built, plus 3 converted from H.410)
• HD.41H (Hydro) - floatplane with Salmson 9Ac engine (12 built)+ (10 built in Yugoslav Aircraft factory "Zmaj" Zemun)

Specifications (variant)