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what is it?
The Horten H.III is a flying wing sailplane built by Walter and Reimar Horten in Germany from 1937 to 1944.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · flying wing · 20.5 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Wingspan of 20.5 m: about 5 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
- 1937
- number built
- 19
- role
- glider
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Horten brothers
- engines
- 1× H.IIId Walter Mikron
- crew
- 1
- wingspan
- 20.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 300 kg
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- cruise speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- flying wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5906654, Wikipedia: Horten H.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.