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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DFS Kranich im Schlepp einer He 72 'Kadett' (1): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Heinkel He 72 'Kadett', Fl.Ausb.Reg. 13 Pilsen (1): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Heinkel He 72 Kadett, Werk.Nr. 1031, LKS 1 Dresden-Klotzsche (1): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. Heinkel He 72 Kadett, Werk.Nr.1031, LKS 1 Dresden-Klotzsche (2): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Heinkel He 72 Kadett (Cadet) was a German single-engine biplane trainer of the 1930s. It was known to its pilots as the Zitterrochen (Quivering Ray) as it shook madly.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9 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.
- Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 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
- 1933
- status
- retired
- number built
- 768
- role
- military basic trainer
- makers
- Heinkel
- engines
- 1× BMW-Bramo Siemens-Halske Sh 14A
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 865 kg
- top speed
- 194 km/h
- cruise speed
- 158 km/h
- range
- 820 km
- ceiling
- 4,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q553195, Wikipedia: Heinkel He 72 Kadett (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.