what is it?
The Binder EB28 is a German two-seat, open-class self-launching powered sailplane designed and built by Binder Motorenbau. It first flew in 1986. The EB28 is a composite-built two-seat shoulder-wing monoplane with a conventional T-type tailplane.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · no engine, long thin wings · 28 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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- Wingspan of 28 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1986
- number built
- —
- role
- open-class self-launched sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Binder Motorenbau
- engines
- 1× Solo 2625-02
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 2
- wingspan
- 28 m
- height
- 1.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 850 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q863610, Wikipedia: Binder EB28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.