Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I

what is it?

The Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I is an Italian all metal, low-wing monoplane developed and manufactured by aircraft company Reggiane. The type was used by the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) and the Swedish Air Force during the first part of the Second World War. The Re 2000 was developed by a team headed by aircraft designers Roberto Longhi and Antonio Alessio to be a lightly built and highly maneuverable interceptor/fighter aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 530 km/htop speed
• range 545 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,839 kgmax take-off weight
• built 382made in total

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 87 years ago, in 1939.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.3× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1939-05-24

introduced

1941

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

382

role

fighter

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Reggiane

engines

1× Piaggio P.XI R.C.40 / Piaggio P.XI

crew

1

length

8 m

wingspan

11 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

2,839 kg

top speed

530 km/h

cruise speed

440 km/h

range

545 km

ceiling

11,200 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.