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Robin DR.200

🇫🇷 France ·first flew 1964· four-seat light aircraft

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what is it?

The Robin DR.200 is a family of French conventional landing gear single-engined light touring or training cabin monoplanes. Originally produced by Centre Est Aéronautique the company later changed its name to Avions Pierre Robin.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · fixed tricycle gear · 8.7 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 235 km/htop speed
  • range 910 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 840 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 348made 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 62 years ago, in 1964.
  • Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

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

spec sheet

first flight
1964
number built
348
role
four-seat light aircraft
origin
🇫🇷 France
makers
Robin Aircraft
engines
1× Lycoming O-235-C2A
crew
2
length
7 m
wingspan
8.7 m
height
1.9 m
max take-off weight
840 kg
top speed
235 km/h
cruise speed
220 km/h
range
910 km
ceiling
3,900 m
landing gear
fixed tricycle gear

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7352343, Wikipedia: Robin DR.200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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