N24JH

N24JH is a de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by ROGERS BILL L. SkyMeter has tracked 24 flights totalling 12 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 2 callsigns. The most frequent segment is KAWO to KAWO. Service window in our records spans 417 days. Of those flights, 6 (25.0%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk has a maximum takeoff weight of 2,014 lb, light wake category.

About the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem two-seat primary trainer that became one of the most beloved postwar training aircraft in the Commonwealth and beyond. First flown in 1946, the Chipmunk was designed by Wsiewolod Jakimiuk as a successor to the legendary Tiger Moth, offering pilots a modern all-metal airframe with side-by-side seating converted to tandem, a sliding canopy, and docile handling characteristics that made it ideal for ab-initio military training. Powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Major inline piston engine producing around 145 horsepower, the Chipmunk served air forces across the UK, Canada, Portugal, and dozens of other nations throughout the 1950s and 1960s, training generations of military aviators before jet trainers became the norm.

Over 1,000 Chipmunks were built in Canada, the UK, and Portugal between 1946 and 1956, with the type earning a reputation for being both forgiving and genuinely fun to fly, a rare combination in a military trainer. Today the Chipmunk enjoys a thriving second life in civilian hands as a aerobatic-capable warbird and vintage trainer, prized for its responsive controls, excellent visibility, and relatively affordable operating costs compared to other tailwheel classics. With a never-exceed speed of 185 knots and a stall speed around 50 knots in landing configuration, the Chipmunk offers a genuine stick-and-rudder flying experience that bridges the gap between modern tricycle trainers and the fabric biplanes of an earlier era.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators over routes, with the most frequently observed operator.