De Havilland Flamingo

what is it?

The de Havilland DH.95 Flamingo was a British twin-engined high-wing monoplane airliner first flown on 22 December 1938. During the Second World War some were used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a transport and general communications duties.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 21.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 391 km/htop speed
• seats 17passengers
• size 8,165 kgmax take-off weight
• built 14made 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 21.3 m: about 5 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

1938-12-22

introduced

1939

retired

1950

status

retired

number built

14

role

airliner, communications aircraft

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

de Havilland Aircraft Company

engines

2× Bristol Perseus XVI / Bristol Perseus

crew

3

passengers

17

length

15.7 m

wingspan

21.3 m

height

4.7 m

max take-off weight

8,165 kg

top speed

391 km/h

cruise speed

328 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,370 m

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