#0530
Bellanca CH-200 Pacemaker
first flew 1928· civil utility aircraft
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bellanca CH.200: Sconosciuto· Public domain
what is it?
The Bellanca CH-200 Pacemaker was a six-seat, high-wing, single-engine utility aircraft built in the United States in the 1920s. It was a development of the Wright WB-2 that Bellanca had acquired the rights to in 1926 and was the first Bellanca-branded aircraft to gain a type certificate. The CH-200 was used in a number of pioneering long-distance flights and attempts on distance and endurance records.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 14.1 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,290 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928
- number built
- —
- role
- civil utility aircraft
- makers
- AviaBellanca Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Wright J-5 radial
- length
- 8.5 m
- wingspan
- 14.1 m
- top speed
- 203 km/h
- range
- 1,290 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q739027, Wikipedia: Bellanca CH-200 Pacemaker (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.