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- 1. Piper PA-15 Vagabond: TimVickers· Public domain
what is it?
The Piper PA-15 Vagabond and PA-17 Vagabond are both two-seat, high-wing, conventional gear light aircraft that were designed for personal use and for flight training and built by Piper Aircraft starting in 1948.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1948
- introduced
- 1948
- number built
- 601
- role
- personal and training aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Piper Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-145
- length
- 5.7 m
- wingspan
- 8.9 m
- height
- 1.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 499 kg
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- cruise speed
- 145 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 3,048 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q740146, Wikipedia: Piper PA-15 Vagabond (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.