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- 1. Dewoitine D.27: Sandstein· Public domain
what is it?
The Dewoitine D.27 was a parasol monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Émile Dewoitine in 1928.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.8 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928-06-03
- introduced
- 1931
- retired
- 1944
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Zmaj aircraft, Lioré et Olivier, Dewoitine
- engines
- 1× Hispano-Suiza 12Mc
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 9.8 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,414 kg
- top speed
- 312 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 9,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q283810, Wikipedia: Dewoitine D.27 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.