what is it?
The Sablatnig SF-5 was a reconnaissance seaplane produced in Germany during the First World War.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 17.3 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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Wingspan of 17.3 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
- 1917
- introduced
- 1917
- number built
- 101
- role
- reconnaissance seaplane
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Sablatnig
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III
- length
- 9.6 m
- wingspan
- 17.3 m
- height
- 3.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,605 kg
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 3,600 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2210034, Wikipedia: Sablatnig SF-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.