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Sukhoi Su-26

🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·first flew 1984· aerobatic aircraft

🛩️ light / GA piston ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Red bull matadors takeoff arp: Adrian Pingstone ( Arpingstone )· Public domain
  2. 2. Su26m stcatharines 1: Balcer~commonswiki· CC BY 2.5
  3. 3. Sukhoi Su-26MX no Brasil: R2Halboth· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. VII Małopolski Piknik Lotniczy – Su-26, LY-AKG (cropped): Wojciech Migda ( Wmigda )· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. Asas de Portugal y Sukhoi Su-26 (3737576789): Contando Estrelas from Vigo, España / Spain· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Fukushima Sky Park Yoshihide Muroya Su-26M: Cp9asngf· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. Path Finder Sukhoi Su-26 (RA-3296K-???) (14240472886): contri from Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Red Sukhoi Su-26 at San Francisco Fleet Week 2026: E mln e· CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. Su-26 (zoom-zoom mazda) (6179974773): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. Su-26 RF-02378 in Borki. (5160511248): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sukhoi Su-26, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Adrian Pingstone ( Arpingstone )· Public domain

what is it?

Not to be confused with the Sukhoi 25. The Sukhoi Su-26 is a single-seater aerobatic aircraft from the former Soviet Union, powered by a single radial reciprocating engine. The Su-26 has mid-mounted straight wings and fixed landing gear, the main gear mounted on a solid titanium arc.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · mid wing · 7.8 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 450 km/htop speed
  • range 800 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 962 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 59made 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 42 years ago, in 1984.
  • Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight
1984-06-30
status
still flying
number built
59
role
aerobatic aircraft
origin
🇷🇺 Soviet Union
makers
Sukhoi
engines
1× Vedeneyev M14P
crew
1
length
6.8 m
wingspan
7.8 m
height
2.9 m
max take-off weight
962 kg
top speed
450 km/h
cruise speed
295 km/h
range
800 km
ceiling
4,000 m
wings
mid wing

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

Sources: Wikidata Q371237, Wikipedia: Sukhoi Su-26 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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