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Technoflug Piccolo

🇩🇪 Germany ·first flew 1980· motor glider

🪂 glider ✓ still flying
Technoflug Piccolo, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Huhu Uet· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

The Technoflug Piccolo is a German high-wing, T-tailed, single-seat motor glider that was designed and produced by Technoflug of Schramberg. It first flew in 1980.

How to recognise it: no engine, long thin wings · 13.3 m wingspan

base stats

  • built 120made 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 46 years ago, in 1980.
  • Wingspan of 13.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight
1980
status
in production
number built
120
role
motor glider
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
makers
Technoflug Leichtflugzeugbau
engines
—
wingspan
13.3 m
top speed
—
range
—

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1764611, Wikipedia: Technoflug Piccolo (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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