Lake Buccaneer

what is it?

The Lake Buccaneer is an American four-seat, light amphibious aircraft derived from the Colonial C-2 Skimmer, itself a development of the three-seat Colonial C-1 Skimmer.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 11.6 m wingspan

base stats

• size 1,220 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,000made 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

• 🚗Wingspan of 11.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

1,000

role

four-seat light amphibious aircraft

makers

Lake Aircraft

engines

1× Avco Lycoming IO-360-A1B piston engine

length

7.6 m

wingspan

11.6 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,220 kg

top speed

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range

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ceiling

4,481 m

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