what is it?
The Arado Ar 69 was a two-seat German beginner's school and sport biplane with an open cockpit, developed in 1933 by Arado Flugzeugwerke.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 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
- 1934-01-02
- number built
- 7
- role
- trainer
- origin
- Nazi Germany
- makers
- Arado Flugzeugwerke
- engines
- 1× BMW Bramo Sh.14a / Sh 14 / Argus As 8
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 680 kg
- top speed
- 184 km/h
- cruise speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,600 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q473931, Wikipedia: Arado Ar 69 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.