what is it?
The Avions Fairey Belfair, also known as the Tipsy Belfair after its designer, Ernest Oscar Tips, was a two-seat light aircraft built in Belgium following World War II.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- Wingspan of 9.5 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
- 1946-11-11
- number built
- 7
- role
- civil utility aircraft
- makers
- Avions Fairey
- engines
- 1× Walter Mikron II
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 9.5 m
- height
- 1.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 500 kg
- top speed
- 177 km/h
- cruise speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- 750 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2436110, Wikipedia: Avions Fairey Belfair (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.