what is it?
The Brochet MB.50 Pipistrelle (named for the Pipistrelle bat) is a French-built light sporting aircraft of the late 1940s.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 8 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1947
- number built
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- role
- ultralight
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Brochet
- engines
- 1× Salmson 9ADb
- length
- 5.8 m
- wingspan
- 8 m
- max take-off weight
- 351 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- cruise speed
- 115 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2925887, Wikipedia: Brochet MB.50 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.