Phoenix Air Phoenix

what is it?

The Phoenix Air Phoenix is a Czech shoulder-wing, two-seat motor glider, designed and produced by Phoenix Air and provided as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 240 km/hcruise speed
• size 473 kgmax take-off weight

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

• 🚗Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 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

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status

in production

number built

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role

motor glider

origin

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

makers

Phoenix Air (Czechia)

engines

1× Rotax 912UL

length

6.5 m

wingspan

15 m

height

1.5 m

max take-off weight

473 kg

top speed

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cruise speed

240 km/h

range

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