Fleet Finch

what is it?

The Fleet Finch (Fleet Model 16) is a two-seat, tandem training biplane produced by Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario. There were a number of variants mainly based on engine variations. Over several years beginning in 1939, a total of 447 Finches were built, nearly all (431) of them for use as elementary trainers in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) during the Second World War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 8.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 167 km/htop speed
• size 907 kgmax take-off weight
• built 606made 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 87 years ago, in 1939.

spec sheet

first flight

1939

introduced

1939

retired

1947

status

retired

number built

606

role

trainer

makers

Fleet Aircraft

engines

1× Kinner B-5 five-cylinder radial piston engine

crew

2

length

6.6 m

wingspan

8.5 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

907 kg

top speed

167 km/h

cruise speed

137 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,200 m

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