2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MFI-17 Supporter, Radom Air Show 2007: Man· CC BY 3.0
- 2. MFI-17 Mushshak: Sergey Ryabtsev· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
Saab MFI-15 Safari, also known as the Saab MFI-17 Supporter, is a propeller-powered basic trainer aircraft used by several air forces.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- 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
- 1971
- introduced
- 1972
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 462
- role
- primary trainer
- engines
- 1× Lycoming IO-360-A1B6
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 8.9 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,200 kg
- top speed
- 236 km/h
- cruise speed
- 208 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,100 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q535696, Wikipedia: Saab Safari (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.