Saab 91 Safir

what is it?

The Saab 91 Safir (Swedish for sapphire) is a three (91A, B, B-2) or four (91C, D) seater, single engine trainer aircraft. The Safir was built by Saab AB in Linköping, Sweden (203 aircraft) and by De Schelde in Dordrecht, Netherlands (120 aircraft).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 265 km/htop speed
• range 960 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,075 kgmax take-off weight
• built 323made 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 81 years ago, in 1945.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.6 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

1945-11-20

number built

323

role

trainer

origin

🇸🇪 Sweden

makers

Saab Group

engines

1× de Havilland Gipsy Major X

crew

1

passengers

2

length

7.8 m

wingspan

10.6 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

1,075 kg

top speed

265 km/h

cruise speed

235 km/h

range

960 km

ceiling

4,600 m

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