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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. OO-45 Jodel D.9 Bébé cropped: OO-45_Jodel_D.9_Bébé.jpg : Joost J. Bakker derivative work: El Grafo ( talk )· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Jodel D.9 Bébé ‘91YJ’ (F-JAVW) (49770877956): Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Jodel D.9 Bébé ‘91YJ’ (F-JAVW) (49771203317): Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. OO-45 Jodel D.9 Bébé: Joost J. Bakker· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Jodel D.9 Bébé is a French single-seat ultralight monoplane designed by Jean Délémontez for amateur construction.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1948
- introduced
- 1948
- number built
- 500
- role
- ultralight monoplane
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Jodel
- engines
- 1× Volkswagen
- crew
- 1
- length
- 5.5 m
- wingspan
- 7 m
- max take-off weight
- 272 kg
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- cruise speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- 460 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1691270, Wikipedia: Jodel D.9 Bébé (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.