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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Neiva N-591 Regente C-42 2238 FAB SDU 08.05.72 edited-3: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 2. L-42 Regente (14553050612): Rob Schleiffert from Holland· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Neiva 360C Regente AN0770142: Renato Spilimbergo Carvalho· GFDL 1.2
- 4. Neiva L-42 Regente - O Neiva Regente e o Neiva Universal foram os primeiros aviões metálicos produzidos no Brasil. Voou pela 1° vez em outubro de 1967 - Museu TAM - panoramio: MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Neiva Regente (8141394375): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Neiva U-42 Regente liaison aircraft (11091603215): Rob Schleiffert· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
Neiva Regente is a Brazilian propeller-driven four-seat light utility aircraft manufactured by Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.1 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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1961
- introduced
- 1963
- number built
- 122
- role
- utility transport and aop
- makers
- Neiva
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-360-A1D
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 9.1 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,040 kg
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- cruise speed
- 212 km/h
- range
- 928 km
- ceiling
- 3,600 m
- wings
- monoplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1712375, Wikipedia: Neiva Regente (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.