CallAir Model A

what is it?

The Call-Air Model A is an American two- to three-seat utility aircraft designed by the Call brothers and built by the Call Aircraft Company, later developed into a successful line of agricultural aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 703 kgmax take-off weight
• built 218made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.9 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

1940

number built

218

role

cabin monoplane and agricultural aircraft

makers

Call Aircraft Company

engines

1× Lycoming O-290B or C

crew

1

passengers

1

length

7.2 m

wingspan

10.9 m

height

1.8 m

max take-off weight

703 kg

top speed

180 km/h

cruise speed

164 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,334 m

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