Loring R-1

what is it?

The Loring R-1 or R-I was a reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber produced in Spain in the late 1920s. It was the first design by Eduardo Barron for Jorge Loring's company — Talleres Loring, and the firm's first aircraft of its own design.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 14 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 216 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,120 kgmax take-off weight
• built 30made 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

30

role

reconnaissance and light attack aircraft

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

makers

Talleres Loring

engines

1× Lorraine Dietrich 12 Eb

crew

2

length

9.7 m

wingspan

14 m

max take-off weight

2,120 kg

top speed

216 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

7,000 m

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