Consolidated Fleetster

what is it?

The Consolidated Model 17 Fleetster was a 1920s American light transport monoplane aircraft built by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. There were several closely related types the Model 17, Model 18, Model 20; then the C-11, C-22, and XBY military versions.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 290 km/htop speed
• range 1,086 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,545 kgmax take-off weight
• built 26made 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,086 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight

1929-10-27

number built

26

role

light transport

makers

Consolidated Aircraft

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B radial piston engine

length

9.7 m

wingspan

13.7 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

2,545 kg

top speed

290 km/h

cruise speed

246 km/h

range

1,086 km

ceiling

5,485 m

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