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- 1. Potez 43 usee du Bourget P1020482: Pline· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Potez 43 was a family of French light utility and sports aircraft, developed in early 1930s. They were three-seat single-engine high-wing monoplanes.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.3 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Wingspan of 11.3 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
- 1932-06
- introduced
- 1932
- number built
- 161
- role
- sports and utility plane
- engines
- 1× Potez 6Ac
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.7 m
- wingspan
- 11.3 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 800 kg
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- cruise speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- 800 km
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1173302, Wikipedia: Potez 43 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.