what is it?
The Pro-Composites Vision is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Steve Rahm and produced by Pro-Composites of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, with some pre-formed parts made available to speed construction. The design was originally marketed by American Affordable Aircraft of Daytona Beach.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 6.6 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
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
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- introduced
- 1994
- status
- in production
- number built
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- role
- amateur-built aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- American Affordable Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Subaru Stratus
- wingspan
- 6.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 612 kg
- top speed
- 273 km/h
- cruise speed
- 249 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q286006, Wikipedia: Pro-Composites Vision (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.