7 photos from Wikimedia Commons ยท credits & licences
- 1. Pazmany PL-2 N289RS Winter Haven 29.03.11R edited-2: RuthASยท CC BY 3.0
- 2. ROCAF PL-1B Left View 20111015: ็ๅฒ็ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ROCAF PL-1B 5836 in Aviation Museum 20130928: ็ๅฒ็ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. ROCAF PL-1B Front View 20111015: ็ๅฒ็ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. ROCAF PL-1B in Military Airplanes Display Area 20111015: ็ๅฒ็ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. ROCAF PL-1B Rear View 20111015: ็ๅฒ็ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. ROCAF PL-1B(5843)ไปๅฃฝ่: ๅปขๆด่้ยท CC0
what is it?
The Pazmany PL-1 Laminar and Pazmany PL-2 are American two-seat trainer and personal light aircraft designed by Ladislao Pazmany to be marketed as a homebuilt aircraft by his company Pazmany Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft was built under license in Taiwan (Republic of China) as the AIDC PL-1B Cheinshou. It was later followed by an improved version the PL-2.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller ยท 8.5 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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Top speed is 1.9ร 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
- 1962
- number built
- โ
- role
- two-seat trainer
- makers
- Pazmany Aircraft Corporation
- engines
- 1ร Avco Lycoming O-320-E2A flat-four piston
- crew
- 2
- length
- 5.9 m
- wingspan
- 8.5 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 730 kg
- top speed
- 245 km/h
- range
- โ
- ceiling
- 4,570 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q700982, Wikipedia: Pazmany PL-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.