Bellanca Viking

what is it?

The Bellanca Viking and Super Viking are a series of single-engine, four-seat, high performance, retractable gear aircraft manufactured in the USA during the 1960s and 1970s. The aircraft developed through modifications of classic designs by the aviation pioneer Giuseppe Bellanca. A total of 1,356 Vikings have been produced with most production between 1968 and 1975 (1019 planes).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 302 km/hcruise speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,508 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,356made in total

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 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.4 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

1967

number built

1,356

role

utility aircraft

makers

AviaBellanca Aircraft

engines

1× Continental IO-520-K

crew

1

passengers

3

length

8 m

wingspan

10.4 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

1,508 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

302 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,182 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.