British Aircraft Eagle

what is it?

The B.A. Eagle was a light aircraft manufactured in the United Kingdom during the 1930s. It was a three-seat low-wing monoplane built by the "British Klemm Aeroplane Company" (which later became known as the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co.) Production was limited, with 43 aircraft built.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 238 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,089 kgmax take-off weight
• built 43made 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 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

1934

number built

43

role

tourer

makers

British Aircraft Manufacturing

engines

1× de Havilland Gipsy Major

crew

1

passengers

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

12 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

1,089 kg

top speed

238 km/h

cruise speed

209 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,877 m

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