Malmö MFI-9 Junior

what is it?

The Malmö Flygindustri MFI-9 Junior was a light aircraft produced in Sweden in the 1960s. The aircraft was also produced under licence in West Germany as the Bölkow Bo 208.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 236 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 575 kgmax take-off weight

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 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1958

introduced

1962

number built

—

role

primary trainer

makers

Bölkow

engines

1× Rolls-Royce/Continental O-200-A

length

5.9 m

wingspan

7.4 m

height

2 m

max take-off weight

575 kg

top speed

236 km/h

cruise speed

215 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

4,500 m

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