Breda Ba.15

what is it?

The Breda Ba.15 was a two-seat light aircraft produced in Italy in 1928.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 770 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.8 m: about 2 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

1928

number built

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role

utility

makers

Breda

engines

1× Walter Venus

crew

1

passengers

1

length

7 m

wingspan

10.8 m

height

2.3 m

max take-off weight

770 kg

top speed

200 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,000 m

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