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Waco 9

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1925· three seat open cockpit biplane

piston

2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Waco 9 N452 Silver Hill MD 27.06.82 edited-2: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
2. Waco 9 ‘Waco’ “Miss Gilmore” (NC1536) (48333240511): Gary Todd· Public domain

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what is it?

The Waco 9 is an American-built three-seat biplane design that first flew in 1925.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.6 m wingspan

base stats

speed 148 km/htop speed
range 603 kmwithout refuelling
seats 2passengers
size 953 kgmax take-off weight
built 270made 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
Wingspan of 9.6 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
number built: 270
role: three seat open cockpit biplane
origin: 🇺🇸 United States
makers: Waco
engines: 1× Curtiss OX-5 / OX-5
crew: 1
passengers: 2
length: 7.1 m
wingspan: 9.6 m
height: 2.8 m
max take-off weight: 953 kg
top speed: 148 km/h
cruise speed: 127 km/h
range: 603 km
ceiling: 3,658 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7958840, Wikipedia: Waco 9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.