piston retired
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tummelisa 2: Bluescan sv.wiki· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Tummelisa: TSRL· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. CVM 01 Tummelisa AN1328294: Konstantin Von Wedelstaedt· GFDL 1.2
- 4. Ö1-Tummelisa-during-the-flight-day-352039073473: Johan Warman (?)· Public domain
what is it?
The FVM Ö 1 Tummelisa (Swedish for Thumbelina) is a single seat, single engine Swedish biplane from the 1920s. It was operated by the Swedish Air Force as its advanced trainer until the mid-1930s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 7.8 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 106 years ago, in 1920.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1920-06
- introduced
- 1921
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 29
- role
- training aircraft
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- makers
- Centrala Verkstaden Malmslätt
- engines
- 1× Thulin A
- crew
- 1
- length
- 5.5 m
- wingspan
- 7.8 m
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5427329, Wikipedia: FVM Ö1 Tummelisa (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.