Siebel Si 204

what is it?

The Siebel Si 204 is a small twin-engined transport and trainer aircraft developed in World War II. It was based on the Siebel Fh 104 Hallore. Originally designed in response to a German Ministry of Aviation development order for a small civil transport aircraft in 1938, it was eventually produced for the Luftwaffe.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 21.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 364 km/htop speed
• range 1,800 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 8passengers
• size 5,600 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,216made in total

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 21.3 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,800 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

1,216

role

light transport/trainer

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace, SNCAC, SNCAN

engines

2× Argus As 411-A1

crew

1

passengers

8

length

12 m

wingspan

21.3 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

5,600 kg

top speed

364 km/h

cruise speed

340 km/h

range

1,800 km

ceiling

7,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.