Jodel D.11

what is it?

The Jodel D.11 is a French two-seat monoplane designed and developed by Société Avions Jodel in response to a French government request for a low-wing aircraft for use by the nation's many emerging flying clubs. More than 3,000 examples have been built and flown.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 207 km/htop speed
• range 1,170 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 600 kgmax take-off weight
• built 3,000made 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

• 🎂First flew 76 years ago, in 1950.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🌍Range of 1,170 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1950

number built

3,000

role

trainer/tourer

makers

Jodel

engines

1× Continental C90-14F

crew

1

passengers

1

length

6.5 m

wingspan

8.2 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

600 kg

top speed

207 km/h

cruise speed

195 km/h

range

1,170 km

ceiling

5,000 m

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