#1938
MBB 223 Flamingo
🇩🇪 Germany ·first flew 1967· civil trainer aircraft
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SIAT 223 Flamingo D-ECRO Le Bourget 06.67: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 2. MBB-SIAT 223-M4 Flamingo PFM D-EFWC: Lestocq· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MBB 223 Flamingo was a light aircraft developed in West Germany in the 1960s in response to a competition for a standard trainer for the country's aeroclubs. Designed by SIAT, it was a conventional low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. The cockpit was enclosed by a large bubble canopy.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.3 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Range of 1,150 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1967
- number built
- —
- role
- civil trainer aircraft
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Siebel, Farner-Werke, Airbus Defence and Space S.A.
- engines
- 1× Avco Lycoming IO-360-C1B
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 8.3 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,050 kg
- top speed
- 243 km/h
- cruise speed
- 216 km/h
- range
- 1,150 km
- ceiling
- 3,750 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q533705, Wikipedia: MBB 223 Flamingo (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.