Praga E-210

what is it?

The Praga E-210 was a four-seat, twin-engined touring aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. It had an unusual pusher configuration . Its tail unit and undercarriage were modified significantly before World War II and after the war a more powerful version designated E-211 was flown.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 12.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 230 km/htop speed
• range 600 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 4passengers
• size 1,250 kgmax take-off weight
• built 210made 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.5 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

1936

number built

210

role

4-seat tourer

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

ČKD-Praga

engines

2× Walter Minor / Walter Minor 4

crew

1

passengers

4

length

8.5 m

wingspan

12.5 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

1,250 kg

top speed

230 km/h

cruise speed

210 km/h

range

600 km

ceiling

4,500 m

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