what is it?
The Brochet MB.100 was a three-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.7 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- Wingspan of 10.7 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
- 1951
- number built
- 21
- role
- sports plane
- makers
- Brochet
- engines
- 1× Hirth HM 504
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 10.7 m
- height
- 2 m
- max take-off weight
- 780 kg
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- cruise speed
- 165 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 3,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2925881, Wikipedia: Brochet MB.100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.