2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team ZlinZ50LX: Christian Jansky User:Tschaensky· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. Zlin Z-50M OK-TRM: RadekS· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Zlin Z-50 is an aerobatic sports airplane built by the Czechoslovak company Zlin Aircraft.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.6 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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1975-07-18
- introduced
- 1975
- number built
- 80
- role
- aerobatic aircraft
- makers
- ZLIN AERO
- engines
- 1× Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 8.6 m
- height
- 1.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 720 kg
- top speed
- 293 km/h
- cruise speed
- 240 km/h
- range
- 640 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q217887, Wikipedia: Zlín Z-50 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.