Fairey Fawn

what is it?

The Fairey Fawn was a British single-engine light bomber of the 1920s. It was designed as a replacement for the Airco DH.9A and served with the Royal Air Force between 1924 and 1929.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 15.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 183 km/htop speed
• size 2,646 kgmax take-off weight
• built 68made 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 103 years ago, in 1923.
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.2 m: about 3 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

1923

introduced

1924

retired

1929

status

retired

number built

68

role

two-seat day light bomber

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Fairey Aviation Company

engines

1× Napier Lion

length

9.8 m

wingspan

15.2 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

2,646 kg

top speed

183 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,221 m

wings

biplane

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