what is it?
The Helio Twin Courier is a twin-engined version of the Helio Courier, with very few examples being produced.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 12.5 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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.5 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
- 1960-04
- number built
- 7
- role
- stol light transport
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- engines
- 2× Lycoming O-540-A2B or -C2C
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 5
- length
- 9.8 m
- wingspan
- 12.5 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,654 kg
- top speed
- 298 km/h
- cruise speed
- 267 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,944 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q16985848, Wikipedia: Helio Twin Courier (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.