what is it?
The Voisin VI or Voisin Type 6 was a French pusher biplane bomber aircraft of World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.8 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 14.8 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
- 1916
- number built
- 50
- role
- bomber
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Voisin
- engines
- 1× Salmson (Canton-Unné) P9
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.6 m
- wingspan
- 14.8 m
- height
- 3.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,470 kg
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 3,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65089857, Wikipedia: Voisin VI (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.