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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Adam500-N504AX-051111-02: Alan Radecki· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Adam A500 NASA: Credit: NASA/Jeff Caplan· Public domain
- 3. Adam A500 (N247CS): Greg Goebel· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Adam A500 is an American six-seat civil utility aircraft that was produced by Adam Aircraft Industries. The aircraft is of pod-and-boom, push-pull configuration with its two Continental TSIO-550-E piston engines mounted to provide centerline thrust.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · 13.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 24 years ago, in 2002.
- Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,652 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2002-07-11
- introduced
- 2005
- number built
- 7
- role
- civil utility aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Adam Aircraft Industries
- engines
- 2× Teledyne Continental TSIO-550E / TSIO-550E
- passengers
- 6
- length
- 11.4 m
- wingspan
- 13.4 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,175 kg
- top speed
- 417 km/h
- cruise speed
- 407 km/h
- range
- 1,652 km
- ceiling
- 7,620 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q348525, Wikipedia: Adam A500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.