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- 1. Bäumer Sausewind Les Ailes July 21,1927: Les Ailes newspaper· Public domain
what is it?
The Bäumer B II Sausewind ("Whizzing Wind" or "Restless Person") was a light sports tandem two-seat, open cockpit, wooden cantilever monoplane. It was built by German aviation company Bäumer Aero GmbH, based at Hamburg Airport.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 9.3 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Wingspan of 9.3 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
- 1925-05-26
- number built
- —
- role
- 2-seat sportplane
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Bäumer Aero GmbH
- engines
- 1× Wright L4 / Lawrance L-3
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.1 m
- wingspan
- 9.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 490 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1019304, Wikipedia: Bäumer Sausewind (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.