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- 1. Westland Wallace RAF Hendon Museum: Felis domestica· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Westland Wallace was a British two-seat, general-purpose biplane of the Royal Air Force, developed by Westland as a follow-on to their successful Wapiti. As the last of the interwar general purpose biplanes, it was used by a number of frontline and Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons. Although the pace of aeronautical development caused its rapid replacement in frontline service, its useful life was extended into the Second World War with many being converted into target tugs and wireless trainers.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.2 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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.2 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
- 1931-10-31
- introduced
- 1933
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 104
- role
- two-seat general-purpose biplane
- makers
- Westland Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Bristol Pegasus IV
- crew
- 2
- length
- 10.4 m
- wingspan
- 14.2 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,608 kg
- top speed
- 254 km/h
- cruise speed
- 217 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,346 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1339077, Wikipedia: Westland Wallace (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.