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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bucker Bu.180 photo L'Aerophile May 1938: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
- 2. Bücker-Bü-180-Student: Heino.rhoden ( Diskussion )· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 3. Bücker Bü 180 Student 2: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 4. Bücker Bü 180 Student 3: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 5. Bücker Bü 180 Student 4: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 6. Bücker Bü 180 Student 5: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 7. Walter Mikron II a Bücker Bü 180 Student (1937) a: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 8. Walter Mikron II a Bücker Bü 180 Student (1937): neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
what is it?
The Bücker Bü 180 Student was a 1930s German two-seat sporting/training aircraft built by Bücker Flugzeugbau.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.5 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Wingspan of 11.5 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
- 1937
- number built
- 23
- role
- two-seat sport/training monoplane
- makers
- Bücker Flugzeugbau
- engines
- 1× Walter Mikron II
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.1 m
- wingspan
- 11.5 m
- height
- 1.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 540 kg
- top speed
- 175 km/h
- cruise speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- 650 km
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1020440, Wikipedia: Bücker Bü 180 Student (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.