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what is it?
The DAR-9 Siniger, was a trainer produced in Bulgaria during World War II.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · tailwheel (taildragger) · 9 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
- Wingspan of 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
- —
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- role
- sport trainer
- origin
- Bulgaria
- makers
- Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnitsa
- engines
- 1× Siemens Sh 14A / Sh 14 / Walter Minor
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.3 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- max take-off weight
- 900 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- 520 km
- ceiling
- 4,400 m
- wings
- biplane
- landing gear
- conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5204316, Wikipedia: DAR 9 Siniger (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.