Grob G 115

what is it?

The Grob G 115 is a general aviation fixed-wing aircraft, primarily used for flight training. It is built in Germany by Grob Aircraft (Grob Aerospace before January 2009). The E variant with a 3-blade variable pitch propeller is in service with the Finnish Air Force, the Royal Navy and Army Air Corps for Flying Grading (a pre-EFT flying course) and in the Royal Air Force as part of No.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 250 km/htop speed
• range 1,148 kmwithout refuelling
• size 990 kgmax take-off weight

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 41 years ago, in 1985.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,148 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

1985

introduced

1988

status

still flying

number built

—

role

basic trainer

makers

Grob Aircraft

engines

1× Lycoming AEIO-360-B1F/B

crew

2

length

7.8 m

wingspan

10 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

990 kg

top speed

250 km/h

cruise speed

178 km/h

range

1,148 km

ceiling

6,095 m

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