Scheibe SF-23 Sperling

The Scheibe SF-23 Sperling (en:Sparrow) is a 1950s German two-seat cabin monoplane.

The Sperling was the first design of powered aircraft to come from the Scheibe Flugzeugbau company which had started building gliders in 1951.

[1] The Sperling is a high-wing braced monoplane with side-by-side seating for two in an enclosed cabin.

[2] It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear and was initially powered by a 95 hp (71 kW) Continental C90 piston engine.

[1] Most aircraft produced were sold to German private pilots and flying clubs but one was purchased by a British owner.

Early production SF-23A Sperling in 1965
SF-23C