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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Amiot 143 1: Autor nieznany· Public domain
- 2. 1-72 scale Amiot 143, AMV 2012 Show, Hyeres. (8130902487): Roland Turner from Birmingham, Great Britain· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Amiot 143 a Walter Mistral K 14: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 4. French Amiot 143 in a hangar in France, May-June 1940 (242-EAPC-3-236.5): General Erwin Rommel's Campaigns in France, Mai 1940–Dezember 1941; Creator:General Services Administration. U.S. National Archives and Records Service. Office of the National Archives. Photo 242-EAPC· Public domain
what is it?
The Amiot 143 (sometimes written as 143M or 143 M.5) was a 1930s French five-seat Multiplace de Combat (M.5) designed to meet 1928 specifications for a monoplane capable of day and night bombing, long-range reconnaissance and bomber escort.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 24.5 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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 24.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,300 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1931
- introduced
- 1935
- retired
- 1944
- status
- retired
- number built
- 138
- role
- medium bomber
- makers
- Avions Amiot
- engines
- 2× Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs/Kjrs
- length
- 18.2 m
- wingspan
- 24.5 m
- height
- 5.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 10.4 t
- top speed
- 295 km/h
- range
- 1,300 km
- ceiling
- 7,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q471935, Wikipedia: Amiot 143 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.