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SEA IV
first flew 1918· fighter
what is it?
The SEA IV was a French two-seat military aircraft of World War I and the immediate post-war era.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12 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
- 1918
- number built
- 115
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Potez, Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques
- engines
- 1× Lorraine-Dietrich 12Da
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.5 m
- wingspan
- 12 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,620 kg
- top speed
- 218 km/h
- range
- 700 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 Q3077144, Wikipedia: SEA IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.