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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Udet U 12 Flamingo: Kogo· GFDL
- 2. Udet Flamingo D-EOSC OTT 2013 01: Julian Herzog ( Website )· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Udet U 12 Flamingo D-EOSM: J.Klank· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) Flamingo (1927): Illustrierte Technik für Jedermann· Public domain
- 5. BFW (Udet) U 12a 'Flamingo', 1929 bei Hachtel notgelandet (1a): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 6. BFW (Udet) U 12a 'Flamingo', 1929 bei Hachtel notgelandet (1b): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 7. Udet U 12 típusú iskola-repülőgépek köteléke. Fortepan 25284: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 25284 : Adományozó/Donor: Szent-Istvány Dezső. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Udet U 12 Flamingo típusú iskola-repülőgép. Fortepan 25290: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 25290 : Adományozó/Donor: Szent-Istvány Dezső. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Udet U 12-b Flamingo iskola-repülőgép. Fortepan 25300: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 25300 : Adományozó/Donor: Szent-Istvány Dezső.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Udet U 12-b Flamingo iskola-repülőgép. Fortepan 25301: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 25301 : Adományozó/Donor: Szent-Istvány Dezső. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Udet U 12 Flamingo was an aerobatic sports plane and trainer aircraft developed in Germany in the mid-1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 10 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Wingspan of 10 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
- 1925-04-07
- number built
- 240
- role
- civil trainer aircraft
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Udet-Flugzeugbau
- engines
- 1× Siemens-Halske Sh 11 / Sh 14 / Sh 12
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 800 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- 450 km
- ceiling
- 3,700 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2473086, Wikipedia: Udet U 12 Flamingo (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.