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- 1. Boeing GA-1: US National Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Boeing GA-1 (company designation Model 10) was an armored triplane. Designed in 1919, it was powered by a pair of modified Liberty engines driving pusher propellers. The first of the Engineering Division's heavily armored GAX series (ground attack, experimental) aircraft, the ponderous airplane was intended to strafe ground troops while remaining immune to attack from the ground as well as from other enemy aircraft.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · 20 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 106 years ago, in 1920.
- Wingspan of 20 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1920-04-03
- introduced
- 1921
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- role
- ground attack
- makers
- Boeing
- engines
- 2× Liberty L-12A Pusher
- length
- 10.3 m
- wingspan
- 20 m
- height
- 4.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,729 kg
- top speed
- 169 km/h
- cruise speed
- 153 km/h
- range
- 563 km
- ceiling
- 3,505 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q611847, Wikipedia: Boeing GA-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.