Scottish Aviation Bulldog

what is it?

The Scottish Aviation Bulldog is a British two-seat side-by-side (with optional third seat) training aircraft designed by Beagle Aircraft as the B.125 Bulldog. The prototype Bulldog flew on 19 May 1969 at Shoreham Airport. The first order for the type was for 78 from the Swedish Air Board.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 241 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,066 kgmax take-off weight
• built 328made 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 57 years ago, in 1969.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1969-05-19

introduced

1971

status

still flying

number built

328

role

basic trainer with aerobatic capability

makers

Scottish Aviation

engines

1× Lycoming IO-360-A1B6

crew

2

length

7.1 m

wingspan

10.1 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,066 kg

top speed

241 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

4,877 m

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