what is it?
The Taylorcraft B is an American light, single-engine, high-wing general aviation monoplane, with two seats in side-by-side configuration, that was built by the Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation of Alliance, Ohio.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Wingspan of 11 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
- 1938
- number built
- —
- role
- light aircraft
- makers
- Taylorcraft Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Continental C-85
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 2 m
- max take-off weight
- 680 kg
- top speed
- 193 km/h
- cruise speed
- 177 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,182 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7690216, Wikipedia: Taylorcraft B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.