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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dassault Flamant at ILA 2010 20: User:MatthiasKabel· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Dassault MD 311 Flamant: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag (User:Mirgolth) and released under the licenses stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit me as author, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Dassault Flamant at Ferte-Alais Air Show 2004 02: Lionel Allorge· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Dassault Flamant at ILA 2010 01: User:MatthiasKabel· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Dassault flamant duo: Steve Slater· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Dassault Flamant, Basel-Mulhouse Airport - September 1977: Eduard Marmet· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Dassault MD-311 Flamant AN1162763: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
- 8. Dassault MD.311 Flamant Private, BBJ Bitburg (Bitburg Air Base), Germany PP1278437436: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
- 9. Dassault MD.311 Flamant, Private JP6591471: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
- 10. MD.312 Flamant (Flamingo) Orange Air Base open day in May 2008: Jerry Gunner· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Dassault MD 315 Flamant is a French light twin-engined transport airplane built shortly after World War II by Dassault Aviation for the French Air Force.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 20.7 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 20.7 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1947-07-06
- introduced
- 1948
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 325
- role
- military transport aircraft
- makers
- Dassault Aviation
- engines
- 2× Renault 12S 02-201
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 10
- length
- 12.5 m
- wingspan
- 20.7 m
- height
- 4.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,800 kg
- top speed
- 380 km/h
- cruise speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- 1,200 km
- ceiling
- 8,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1171995, Wikipedia: Dassault MD 315 Flamant (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.