CASA C-223 Flamingo

The CASA C-223 Flamingo was the Spanish-built version of the MBB 223 Flamingo, a light low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a large bubble canopy. The design was drawn up by SIAT in West Germany in the 1960s in response to a competition for a standard trainer for the national aeroclubs. SIAT built few of them before MBB acquired the firm in 1970, and the new owners then transferred production to Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) in Spain, which listed the aircraft in its range as the C-223 Flamingo. The Flamingo family included a fully acrobatic single-seat version and a four-seat utility version. The number of aircraft CASA completed, and the dates of its production, are not stated in the sources read for this entry.