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what is it?
The Boulton & Paul P.9 was a British single-engined two-seat biplane aircraft built by Boulton & Paul Ltd.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.4 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 107 years ago, in 1919.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1919-05
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- role
- light utility aircraft
- makers
- Boulton & Paul
- engines
- 1× R.A.F. 1A
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 8.4 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 803 kg
- top speed
- 167 km/h
- cruise speed
- 137 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,267 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4949757, Wikipedia: Boulton Paul P.9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.