The high-mounted wings have a straight leading edge and forward-tapered trailing edge with blunt tips. Two turbojets are mounted beneath the wings in pods. Pods extend beyond wings’ leading and trailing edges. The fuselage is tubular and cigar-shaped tapering to the rear with a rounded, glassed-in nose and bubble canopy. The tail fin is swept-back and tapered with a blunt tip. Flats are low-mounted on the fin, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips. A glassed-in tail gunner compartment is to the rear of the tail.
The reports of the demise of the H-5 seem somewhat exagerated. It was asserted without citation in 1995 that the H-5 had been withdrawn from service, but the continued presence of the H-5 in the PLAAF inventory is widely attested by subsequent sources.
Specifications | |
| Builder | |
| Country | People's Republic of China (PRC) |
| Designation | Hong-5 Beagle |
| Similar Aircraft | Canberra, Yak-28 Brewer |
| Type | Attack |
| Wing Span | 70 ft, 5 in (21.5 m) |
| Length | 57 ft, 11 in (17.6 m) |
| Height | |
| Weight | |
| Engine | |
| Ceiling | 12300 meters |
| Maximum speed | |
| Cruising speed | |
| Cruise range | 1175 nm |
| Internal Fuel | 6400 kg |
| Drop Tanks | Wingtip tank 266kg of fuel for 24nm range |
| In-Flight Refueling | No |
| Payload | 1000kg |
| Crew | Three |
| Sensors | none |
| Armament | |
| Inventory | na |
| Basing | na |
| Users | Egypt, North Korea (H-5), People’s Republic of China (H-5). |
