Loening PW-2

what is it?

The Loening PW-2 was a 1920s American single-seat monoplane fighter designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 219 km/htop speed
• size 1,270 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7made 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 106 years ago, in 1920.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1920

number built

7

role

monoplane fighter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

engines

1× Wright-Hispano H engine

crew

1

length

8 m

wingspan

12.1 m

max take-off weight

1,270 kg

top speed

219 km/h

range

—

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