4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Zlin 526 ASF: Franco Atirador· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Zlin Z-526 Trener-Master: Billyhill· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Zlin Z 526 AFS Akrobat ILA 2006: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Zlin Z-526 Bautzen2008: Coradoline· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Zlin Z-526 Akrobat is a Czech sports plane used in aerobatics.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.6 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.6 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
- 1959
- number built
- 1,400
- role
- sports plane
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- makers
- ZLIN AERO
- engines
- 1× Walter Minor 6-III / Walter Minor 6 / LOM M137
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.8 m
- wingspan
- 10.6 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 975 kg
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- cruise speed
- 208 km/h
- range
- 580 km
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
- wings
- monoplane
- landing gear
- land-based aircraft
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q217883, Wikipedia: Zlín Z 526 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.