FFA AS 202 Bravo

what is it?

The AS/SA 202 Bravo is a two to three-seat civil light aircraft jointly designed and manufactured by the Swiss company Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein (FFA) and the Italian company Savoia-Marchetti. The aircraft was designated the AS 202 in Switzerland, and the SA 202 in Italy. Savoia-Marchetti manufactured the wings, undercarriage and engine installation, while FFA manufactured the fuselage, tail and controls, while both companies had assembly plants manufacturing the complete aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 211 km/htop speed
• range 890 kmwithout refuelling
• size 885 kgmax take-off weight
• built 214made 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 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.8 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

1969

introduced

1971

retired

2011

status

still flying

number built

214

role

civil light aircraft

origin

🇨🇭 Switzerland

makers

SIAI-Marchetti

engines

1× Lycoming O-320-E2A

crew

1

length

7.5 m

wingspan

9.8 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

885 kg

top speed

211 km/h

cruise speed

211 km/h

range

890 km

ceiling

4,265 m

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