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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Foto F 5 R: Im Auftrag des Fieseler Flugzeugbau Kassel· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 2. EenDuitse Fieseler Fi5R laagdekker (D-EDIL) op de Rotterdamse luchthaven Waalhav, Bestanddeelnr 255-8643: Willem van de Poll· CC0
what is it?
The Fieseler Fi 5 (previously F5) was a single-engined two-seat sportplane of the 1930s. It was produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Fieseler Flugzeugbau, which was started by the World War I fighter ace and German aerobatic star, Gerhard Fieseler.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 10 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933-02
- introduced
- 1933
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 51
- role
- sports plane
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Fieseler
- engines
- 1× Hirth HM.60R / Hirth HM 60
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 660 kg
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- cruise speed
- 175 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- ceiling
- 4,200 m
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q474232, Wikipedia: Fieseler Fi 5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.