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what is it?
The Robin ATL (Avion Très Léger, "very light aircraft") is a French two-seat light aircraft designed by Avions Robin in the 1980s to meet a need for an economical two-seat aircraft to equip flying clubs. It is a single-engined monoplane with a fixed tricycle undercarriage, conventional control stick, and is, unusually, fitted with a V-tail. Due to the large bubble canopy, visibility is excellent.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.3 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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- Wingspan of 10.3 m: about 2 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
- 1983
- number built
- 132
- role
- light aircraft
- engines
- 1× JPX 4T 60A
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 10.3 m
- height
- 2 m
- max take-off weight
- 580 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- cruise speed
- 142 km/h
- range
- 790 km
- ceiling
- 3,960 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3437037, Wikipedia: Robin ATL (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.