what is it?
The Sablatnig P.III was an airliner produced in Germany in the early 1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller 路 high wing 路 16 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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Wingspan of 16 m: about 4 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
- 1919-06
- introduced
- 1921
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- role
- airliner
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Sablatnig
- engines
- 1脳 Maybach Mb.IVa
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 6
- length
- 8.9 m
- wingspan
- 16 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,080 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- cruise speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- ceiling
- 3,800 m
- wings
- high wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1599305, Wikipedia: Sablatnig P.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.