2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Potez 62 photo L'Aerophile February 1936: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
- 2. Potez 62 photo Le Pontential Aérien Mondial 1936: Le Pontential Aérien Mondial 1936· Public domain
what is it?
The Potez 62 was a French twin-engine civil airliner, designed by Henry Potez in 1934. The French military adapted this airframe two-years later to create the Potez 650.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 22.5 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935-01-28
- number built
- —
- role
- civil airliner
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Potez
- engines
- 2× Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs Mistral Major / Gnome-Rhône 14Kjrs Mistral Major
- passengers
- 16
- length
- 17.3 m
- wingspan
- 22.5 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,500 kg
- top speed
- 325 km/h
- cruise speed
- 280 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- ceiling
- 7,400 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q846707, Wikipedia: Potez 62 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.