MBB 223 Flamingo

223 Flamingo
SIAT-built Flamingo at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport in June 1967
General information
TypeCivil trainer aircraft
ManufacturerSIAT/MBB
CASA
History
First flight1 March 1967

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.

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