Beneš-Mráz Bibi

what is it?

The Beneš-Mráz Bibi was a 1930s Czechoslovak two-seat touring aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · tailwheel (taildragger) · 11.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• range 780 kmwithout refuelling
• size 560 kgmax take-off weight
• built 18made 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.5 m: about 3 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

1936

introduced

1936

number built

18

role

sporting aircraft

makers

Beneš-Mráz

engines

1× Walter Mikron II

length

7.3 m

wingspan

11.5 m

height

1.9 m

max take-off weight

560 kg

top speed

200 km/h

cruise speed

175 km/h

range

780 km

ceiling

5,200 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

conventional landing gear

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