3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Flugzeug HB-IKO: Hermann Keist· Public domain
- 2. Comte AC-4 Aero Digest March 1929: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
- 3. Flugzeug Alfred Comte AC-4 HB-ETI: Hermann Keist· Public domain
what is it?
The Comte AC-4 Gentleman is a 1920s Swiss two-seat sport/training aircraft produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.1 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Wingspan of 12.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1927
- number built
- —
- role
- two-seat sport/training aircraft
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- makers
- Alfred Comte
- engines
- 1× Cirrus Hermes inline piston
- length
- 8.1 m
- wingspan
- 12.1 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 800 kg
- top speed
- 175 km/h
- cruise speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- 700 km
- ceiling
- 4,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1122864, Wikipedia: Comte AC-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.