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what is it?
The SNCAC Martinet was a German-designed but French-built twin-engined military trainer and light transport monoplane. It was operated by the French military and in small numbers by French airlines from the late 1940s.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 21.8 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.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.8 m: about 5 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
- introduced
- 1945
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 350
- role
- military trainer and light transport monoplane
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- SNCAC, SNCAN
- engines
- 2× Renault 12S-00
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 8
- length
- 12.8 m
- wingspan
- 21.8 m
- height
- 4.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,600 kg
- top speed
- 350 km/h
- cruise speed
- 325 km/h
- range
- 810 km
- ceiling
- 7,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12069350, Wikipedia: SNCAC Martinet (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.