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- 1. 401 A41-Factory VNS-41 microlight communications floatplane: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The VNS-41 is the first amphibious microlight aircraft made in Vietnam. The A41 Factory (officially Aircraft Repair Company A-41) under the Air Force and Air Defence Department (Ministry of Defence) manufactured the aircraft based on the Russian Che-22 Korvet design by Boris Chernov and E. Yungerov. A Che-22 was acquired by Vietnam in the late 1990s and from the Philippines.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11.7 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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 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
- 2005-09-12
- introduced
- 2005
- number built
- —
- role
- amphibious microlight
- origin
- Vietnam
- makers
- Vietnam People's Air Force
- engines
- 2× Rotax 582
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 11.7 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 700 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- cruise speed
- 120 km/h
- range
- 300 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4649286, Wikipedia: A41 Factory VNS-41 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.