what is it?
The Boeing Model 2, also referred to as the Boeing Model C, and its derivatives were United States two-place training seaplanes, the first "all-Boeing" design and the company's first financial success.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.4 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 13.4 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
- 1916-11-15
- retired
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 56
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Boeing
- engines
- 1× Hall-Scott A-7A engine / A-7A
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 8.2 m
- wingspan
- 13.4 m
- height
- 3.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,086 kg
- top speed
- 117 km/h
- cruise speed
- 105 km/h
- range
- 322 km
- ceiling
- 1,981 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2908532, Wikipedia: Boeing Model 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.