Heinkel He 116
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The Heinkel He 116 was a German long-range mailplane and reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1930s, notable for its multi-engine configuration and use in record-setting distance flights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heinkel He 116 canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft
ⓘ
long-range mailplane ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | all-metal construction ⓘ |
| airlineRole | experimental mailplane for long-distance routes ⓘ |
| category |
1930s German aircraft
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Heinkel aircraft ⓘ four-engined aircraft ⓘ mailplanes ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-endurance flights
ⓘ
long-range routes ⓘ |
| designer |
Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinkel
|
| developedFrom | Heinkel design experience of early 1930s ⓘ |
| developedInDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | multi-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1937 ⓘ |
| intendedOperator |
Lufthansa
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutsche Luft Hansa
|
| landingGear | fixed landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
ⓘ
Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
surface form:
Heinkel
|
| notableFor | long-distance record attempts ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| primaryRole | long-range mail transport ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| propulsionLayout | four engines mounted on wings ⓘ |
| rangeCharacteristic | very long range for its time ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | long-range reconnaissance ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedAs | experimental long-range platform ⓘ |
| usedBy | Germany ⓘ |
| usedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor | record-setting distance flights ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Heinkel He 116 Description of subject: The Heinkel He 116 was a German long-range mailplane and reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1930s, notable for its multi-engine configuration and use in record-setting distance flights.
Referenced by (1)
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