what is it?
The Loening C-2 Air Yacht was an amphibious airliner produced in the United States at the end of the 1920s, developed from the OL observation aircraft the firm was producing for the US military.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13.7 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Wingspan of 13.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928
- number built
- 36
- role
- amphibious airliner
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Hornet
- passengers
- 7
- length
- 10.6 m
- wingspan
- 13.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,640 kg
- top speed
- 190 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,300 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6666560, Wikipedia: Loening C-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.