what is it?
The Stampe et Vertongen SV.4 (also known incorrectly as the Stampe SV.4 or just Stampe) is a Belgian two-seat trainer/tourer biplane designed and built by Stampe et Vertongen. The aircraft was also built under licence in France and French Algeria.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.4 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933
- introduced
- 1947
- retired
- 1975
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,050
- role
- two-seat trainer
- makers
- Stampe et Vertongen
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major X
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 8.4 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 770 kg
- top speed
- 188 km/h
- cruise speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- 420 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q617774, Wikipedia: Stampe-Vertongen SV.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.