PAC MFI-17 Mushshak

what is it?

The PAC MFI-17 Mushshak and PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق, lit. 'Proficient') is a fixed-gear piston-engine primary trainer aircraft manufactured by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC). An improved and heavily modified version of the Saab Safari (MFI-15), the MFI-17 is manufactured in Kamra, Pakistan, by the PAC. Built to Mil-Spec and fully aerobatic, it is used for training, towing and other ground-support roles. An upgraded version, the PAC Super Mushshak, has also been produced by PAC. As of 2022, there were 477 MFI-15/17/395 in use, making it one of the most commonly used training aircraft in the world.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 236 km/htop speed
• size 1,200 kgmax take-off weight
• built 535made 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 45 years ago, in 1981.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1981

status

still flying

number built

535

role

basic training aircraft, light attack aircraft

origin

Pakistan

makers

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex

engines

1× Textron Lycoming IO-360-A1B6

crew

2

length

7 m

wingspan

8.9 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,200 kg

top speed

236 km/h

cruise speed

210 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,100 m

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

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