what is it?
The Farman F.480 Alizé was a single engine, two seat, parasol winged monoplane built in France in the mid-1930s. Designed as a tourer and trainer, all Alizés served as training aircraft for government (Republican) forces during the Spanish Civil War.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.6 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.6 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
- 1936-05
- number built
- 12
- role
- training and touring aircraft
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- engines
- 1× Lorraine 5Pb
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 11.6 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 845 kg
- top speed
- 215 km/h
- range
- 585 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5435649, Wikipedia: Farman F.480 Alizé (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.