KAI-19

what is it?

The KAI-19 was a high performance, all-metal sailplane, built with advanced techniques in the USSR in the early 1960s.

base stats

• speed 250 km/htop speed
• size 414 kgmax take-off weight

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 63 years ago, in 1963.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 20 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.

spec sheet

first flight

1963

number built

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role

high performance, single seat sailplane

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev

engines

none (glider)

length

8 m

wingspan

20 m

max take-off weight

414 kg

top speed

250 km/h

range

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