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- 1. Scottish Aviation Pioneer: AntanO· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Scottish Aviation Pioneer was an STOL aircraft manufactured by Scottish Aviation in Scotland. It was used for casualty evacuation and communications and could accommodate a pilot and up to four passengers.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.2 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.2 m: about 3 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
- 1947-11-05
- introduced
- 1950
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 59
- role
- utility transport
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Scottish Aviation
- engines
- 1× Alvis Leonides 502/4
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 4
- length
- 10.5 m
- wingspan
- 15.2 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,631 kg
- top speed
- 261 km/h
- cruise speed
- 195 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,010 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q751656, Wikipedia: Scottish Aviation Pioneer (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.