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what is it?
The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s.
How to recognise it: piston engines · 10.5 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
- Wingspan of 10.5 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
- —
- introduced
- 1927
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- role
- fighter aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Vought
- engines
- Wright J-5 Whirlwind
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 10.5 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,260 kg
- top speed
- 196 km/h
- range
- 660 km
- ceiling
- 8,080 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3941642, Wikipedia: Vought FU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.