#1749
AESL Airtourer
first flew 1959· light utility aircraft
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Victa Airtourer 100A1 Shepparton Vabre: Phil Vabre· GFDL
- 2. AESL Airtourer ZK-CXU, MOTAT, Auckland, New Zealand, 5 April 2010 (4495626817): Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Victa Airtourer is an all-metal light low-wing monoplane touring aircraft that was developed in Australia, and was manufactured in both Australia and New Zealand.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.9 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Range of 1,140 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1959
- introduced
- 1962
- number built
- 168
- role
- light utility aircraft
- makers
- Pacific Aerospace
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-235-C1B
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 7.9 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 748 kg
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- cruise speed
- 200 km/h
- range
- 1,140 km
- ceiling
- 4,267 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q291501, Wikipedia: AESL Airtourer (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.