MBB Bo 209 Monsun

what is it?

The MBB Bo 209 Monsun (originally the Bölkow MHK-101) is a two-seat light aircraft that was designed by the West German company Bölkow and originally produced by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). The Bo 209 was designed during the mid-1960s, initially as a modest undertaking, to produce a successor to the Bölkow Bo 208. It was a more versatile aircraft that possessed a larger cockpit and a new foldable wing while also retaining some commonality with the Bo 208.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 274 km/htop speed
• range 1,200 kmwithout refuelling
• size 820 kgmax take-off weight
• built 100made 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🌍Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1967-12-22

number built

100

role

civil utility aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Bölkow

engines

1× Lycoming O-320-D1A

length

6.6 m

wingspan

8.4 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

820 kg

top speed

274 km/h

cruise speed

243 km/h

range

1,200 km

ceiling

5,520 m

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