Spijker V.2

what is it?

The Spijker V.2, sometimes anglicized to Spyker V.2 or Spyker-Trompenburg V.2, was a low powered, tandem seat biplane designed and built for the Dutch government for pilot training towards the end of World War I. More than seventy were built.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 115 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• built 78made 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 109 years ago, in 1917.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.9 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

1917-03

retired

1926

status

retired

number built

78

role

dual control training aircraft

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

makers

Spyker

engines

1× Thulin A / Le Rhône 9C

passengers

2

length

6.6 m

wingspan

10.9 m

height

3 m

top speed

115 km/h

range

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