AISA I-11

what is it?

The I-11 was a two-seat civil utility aircraft manufactured in Spain in the 1950s. Originally designed by the Spanish aircraft company Iberavia, its first (of two) prototype flew on 16 July 1951. It was a low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed, tricycle undercarriage and a large, bubble canopy over the two side-by-side seats.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 669 kgmax take-off weight
• built 190made 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

• 🎂First flew 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.3 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1951-07-16

number built

190

role

two-seat general aviation aircraft

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

makers

Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.

engines

1× Continental C90-12F

crew

1

passengers

1

length

6.5 m

wingspan

9.3 m

height

1.9 m

max take-off weight

669 kg

top speed

201 km/h

cruise speed

177 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,694 m

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