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Slingsby T67 Firefly

first flew 1974· trainer/tourer/sport aircraft

🛩️ light / GA piston
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Firefly-g-bwyh: Original uploader was en:User:MilborneOne at en.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Slingsby.t67.firefly.g-bktz.arp: Adrian Pingstone· Public domain
  3. 3. Slingsby T67M-200 PH-KAJ pic1: Alf van Beem· CC0
  4. 4. Slingsby T67M260 Firefly prototype: WagTheTaildragger· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. G-BUUF Firefly T67 With Fournier RF6 G-BIKF (23982792184): James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. G-BUUF Slingsby Firefly T67 (22649305319): James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. G-OCRM Firefly T67 (27939284596): James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Malle Slingsby T67M Mk.II Firefly OO-VAD: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. Schaffen Slingsby T67M260 Firefly: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Slingsby T-3A production line: WagTheTaildragger· CC BY 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Slingsby T67 Firefly, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Original uploader was en:User:MilborneOne at en.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Slingsby T67 Firefly, originally produced as the Fournier RF-6, is a two-seat aerobatic training aircraft, built by Slingsby Aviation in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England. It has been used as a trainer aircraft by several armed forces, as well as civilian operators. In the mid-1990s, the aircraft became controversial in the United States after three fatal accidents during US Air Force training operations.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.7 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 281 km/htop speed
  • range 753 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 1,157 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 250made 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 52 years ago, in 1974.
  • Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 10.7 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
1974
number built
250
role
trainer/tourer/sport aircraft
makers
Avions Fournier
engines
1× Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-D
crew
2
length
7.6 m
wingspan
10.7 m
height
2.4 m
max take-off weight
1,157 kg
top speed
281 km/h
cruise speed
259 km/h
range
753 km
ceiling
5,790 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q612097, Wikipedia: Slingsby T67 Firefly (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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