Gotha Go 150

what is it?

The Gotha Go 150 was a light aircraft designed at the German company Gothaer Waggonfabrik in the late 1930s. It was intended for civilian use, but ended up being used as a military trainer.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• range 750 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 1,036 kgmax take-off weight
• built 12made 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.8 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

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number built

12

role

light aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

engines

2× Zündapp Z 9-092

crew

1

passengers

1

length

7.2 m

wingspan

11.8 m

height

2 m

max take-off weight

1,036 kg

top speed

200 km/h

cruise speed

185 km/h

range

750 km

ceiling

4,500 m

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