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- 1. Potez 650 15501153: Gérald Garitan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Potez 650 was a French-built military transport aircraft that saw service in World War II. Derived from the Potez 62 airliner, the 650 was specifically built for paratrooper units.
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
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1937
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- role
- military transport
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Potez
- engines
- 2× Hispano-Suiza 12Xgrs1 / Hispano-Suiza 12Xhrs1
- length
- 17.3 m
- wingspan
- 22.5 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,500 kg
- top speed
- 300 km/h
- cruise speed
- 250 km/h
- range
- 1,200 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3400029, Wikipedia: Potez 650 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.