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what is it?
The SAI KZ II was a sport aircraft built in Denmark in 1937, produced in three major versions before and after the Second World War.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.2 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.2 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
- 1937
- number built
- 45
- role
- sport aircraft
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- makers
- Skandinavisk Aero Industri
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major I
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.6 m
- wingspan
- 10.2 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 850 kg
- top speed
- 235 km/h
- range
- 500 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 Q407127, Wikipedia: SAI KZ II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.