Republic P-43 Lancer

what is it?

The Republic P-43 Lancer was a single-engine, all-metal, low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft built by Republic, which was first delivered to the United States Army Air Corps in 1940. A proposed development was the P-44 Rocket. While not a particularly outstanding fighter, the P-43A had a very good high-altitude performance coupled with an effective oxygen system.

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

base stats

• speed 573 km/htop speed
• size 3,847 kgmax take-off weight
• built 273made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× 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

1940

introduced

1941

retired

1944

status

retired

number built

273

role

fighter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Republic Aviation Corporation

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-49

crew

1

length

8.7 m

wingspan

11 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

3,847 kg

top speed

573 km/h

cruise speed

451 km/h

range

—

ceiling

10,973 m

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