MBB 223 Flamingo
{{Short description|Light single engine aircraft developed in West Germany in the 1960s}}
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|name=223 Flamingo
|image=SIAT 223 Flamingo D-ECRO Le Bourget 06.67.jpg
|caption=SIAT-built Flamingo at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport in June 1967
|type=Civil trainer aircraft
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|first_flight=1 March 1967
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The MBB 223 Flamingo was a light aircraft developed in West Germany in the 1960s in response to a competition for a standard trainer for the country's aeroclubs. Designed by SIAT, it was a conventional low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. The cockpit was enclosed by a large bubble canopy. SIAT had not undertaken much production of the type before the firm was acquired by MBB in 1970. Eventually, the new owners transferred production to CASA in Spain.
A fully acrobatic, single-seat version, and a four-seat utility version were also developed.
Operational history
During the 2020 Turkish intervention in Idlib, Turkish airstrikes on Kweres Airfield destroyed at least 3 stored Syrian Air Force MBB 223 Flamingos. {{Cite web|url=http://spioenkop.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-idlib-turkey-shoot-destruction-and.html?m=1|title = The Idlib Turkey Shoot: The Destruction and Capture of Vehicles and Equipment by Turkish and Rebel Forces}}{{Cite web|url=https://postimg.cc/RJHxqzsH|title=ER5 GPC W4 AEW610 — Postimages}}
Variants
File:MBB-SIAT 223-M4 Flamingo PFM D-EFWC.jpg, Munich, Germany]]
;Model 223A-1 Flamingo Trainer A1
:Two or four-seat trainer aircraft, powered by a 149-kW (200-hp) Avco Lycoming IO-360 piston engine.
;Model 223K-1 Flamingo Trainer K1
:Single-seat aerobatic aircraft, powered by a 149-kW (200-hp) Avco Lycoming AIO-360 piston engine.
;Model 223T-1 Flamingo Trainer T1
:One aircraft fitted with a turbocharged 157-kW (210-hp) Avco Lycoming TO-360-C1A6D piston engine.
;Model 223-M4
:The Model 223T-1 Flamingo Trainer T1 was later fitted with a Porsche PFM 3200 engine. One aircraft only.
Operators
=Military operators=
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=Former operators=
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72{{Harvnb|Taylor|1971|pp=89–90}}
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|crew=2 (pilot and instructor)
|capacity=provision for additional folding seat for two children or one adult
|length m=7.43
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|span m=8.28
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|height m=2.70
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|wing area sqm=11.50
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|airfoil=NACA 642A215
|empty weight kg=685
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|max takeoff weight kg=1050
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|fuel capacity={{convert|220|L|USgal impgal|abbr=on}}
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Avco Lycoming IO-360-C1B
|eng1 type=air-cooled flat-four engine
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=200
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=Hartzell constant-speed
|prop dia m=1.80
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|max speed kmh=243
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|never exceed speed kmh=380
|cruise speed kmh=216
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|cruise speed note=(75% power)
|range km=1150
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|ceiling m=3750
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|climb rate ftmin=846
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References
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{{commons category|MBB 223 Flamingo}}
- {{cite book |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72 |editor-last=Taylor|editor-first= John W. R. |editor-link= John W. R. Taylor |year=1971 |publisher= Jane's Yearbooks|location=London |isbn=0-354-00094-2 }}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=238, 638 }}
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Category:1960s German civil trainer aircraft