what is it?
The Zlín Z 43 is a Czech four-seat light aircraft. A development of the two-seat Zlín Z 42, it is a low-wing monoplane. A developed version, the Zlín Z 143, remains in production.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.8 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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.8 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
- 1968-12-10
- status
- in production
- number built
- 114
- role
- light trainer/touring aircraft
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- makers
- ZLIN AERO
- engines
- 1× Avia M 337 A
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 7.8 m
- wingspan
- 9.8 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,350 kg
- top speed
- 235 km/h
- cruise speed
- 210 km/h
- range
- 610 km
- ceiling
- 3,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q217878, Wikipedia: Zlín Z 43 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.