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what is it?
The SAI KZ III Lærke ("lark") was a Danish light utility aircraft used by the Danish Air Ambulance Service and Danish Air Force. The first KIII was built during the German occupation of Denmark and first flew on 11 September 1944. With German permission it was transferred to the Redningskorpset (Rescue Service).
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.6 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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- Wingspan of 9.6 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
- 1944
- number built
- 66
- role
- utility aircraft
- makers
- Skandinavisk Aero Industri
- engines
- 1× Blackburn Cirrus Minor II
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 9.6 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 706 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- cruise speed
- 170 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- ceiling
- 4,115 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q289155, Wikipedia: SAI KZ III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.