AME VI

what is it?

The AME VI was a reconnaissance aircraft, produced in Spain in the mid 1920s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 190 km/htop speed
• range 500 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,250 kgmax take-off weight
• built 20made 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.9 m: about 3 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

1924

introduced

1925

retired

1931

status

retired

number built

20

role

reconnaissance aircraft

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

makers

Aeronáutica Militar Española

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8Fb

crew

2

length

7.8 m

wingspan

11.9 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

1,250 kg

top speed

190 km/h

range

500 km

ceiling

6,100 m

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