what is it?
The Albatros Al 101 was a 1930s German trainer aircraft. It was a parasol-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, and seated the pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.5 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Wingspan of 12.5 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
- 1930
- number built
- 71
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Albatros
- engines
- 1× Argus As 8a
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.5 m
- wingspan
- 12.5 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 830 kg
- top speed
- 171 km/h
- range
- 670 km
- ceiling
- 3,600 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1173715, Wikipedia: Albatros Al 101 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.