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what is it?
The Aviasud Mistral is a French two-seat ultralight biplane built by Aviasud Engineering. This plane is notable as it has forward swept wings and side-by-side seating. The lower wings are movable and are used as the roll control (wing leveler).
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.4 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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- Wingspan of 9.4 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
- 1985
- introduced
- 1986
- number built
- 250
- role
- ultralight biplane
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Aviasud
- engines
- 1× Rotax 582
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 5.7 m
- wingspan
- 9.4 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 390 kg
- top speed
- 155 km/h
- cruise speed
- 90 km/h
- range
- 530 km
- ceiling
- 4,575 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4828602, Wikipedia: Aviasud Mistral (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.