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Extra EA-300

🇩🇪 Germany ·first flew 1988· aerobatic monoplane

🛩️ light / GA piston ✓ still flying
Extra EA-300, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Sergey Ryabtsev· GFDL 1.2

what is it?

The Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, a German aerobatic pilot, and built by Extra Flugzeugbau.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 380 km/hcruise speed
  • size 820 kgmax take-off weight

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 38 years ago, in 1988.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight
1988-05
status
still flying
number built
—
role
aerobatic monoplane
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
makers
Extra Aircraft
engines
1× Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A
crew
1
length
7 m
wingspan
8 m
height
2.6 m
max take-off weight
820 kg
top speed
—
cruise speed
380 km/h
range
—
wings
monoplane

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1385143, Wikipedia: Extra EA-300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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