3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. G-BEDU-PICT0657-SF23C: MilborneOne· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SCHEIBE SF-23A SPERLING D-ECAX P1: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 3. Scheibe SF-23A Sperling D-EBYZ Riem 30.07.65: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Scheibe SF-23 Sperling (en:Sparrow) is a 1950s German two-seat cabin monoplane.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.9 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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.9 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
- 1955
- number built
- 27
- role
- two-seat cabin monoplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- engines
- 1× Continental C90-12F
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.2 m
- wingspan
- 9.9 m
- height
- 2.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 730 kg
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- cruise speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- 640 km
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2232485, Wikipedia: Scheibe SF-23 Sperling (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.