Grigorovich M-15

what is it?

Grigorovich M-15 (alternative designation ShCh M-15 (Russian: Щ М-15), sometimes also Shchetinin M-15) was a successful Russian World War I-era biplane flying boat, developed from the M-9 by Grigorovich.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 125 km/htop speed
• size 1,320 kgmax take-off weight
• built 80made 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.9 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

1916

number built

80

role

reconnaissance flying boat

origin

Russian Empire

makers

Shchetinin

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8A / Hispano-Suiza

crew

2

length

8.4 m

wingspan

11.9 m

max take-off weight

1,320 kg

top speed

125 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,500 m

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