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- 1. Wassmer WA-28 Espadon G-CJDX at Sutton Bank MMB 24: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Wassmer WA 20 Javelot (English: Javelin) and its very similar successors the WA 21 Javelot II and WA 22 Super Javelot are single seat gliders built in France in the 1950s and 1960s. Well over a hundred were sold as club aircraft and over fifty remain on the French civil register in 2010.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1956-08
- number built
- 120
- role
- competition and recreational glider
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Wassmer
- engines
- none (glider)
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.1 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 350 kg
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7972779, Wikipedia: Wassmer Javelot (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.