KZ VII Lærke
KZ VII Lærke in flight at Danish Air Show 2014
Role	Utility aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Denmark
Manufacturer	Skandinavisk Aero Industri
Designer	Viggo Kramme and Karl Gustav Zeuthen
First flight	11 November 1946
Primary user	Danish Air Force
Number built	56

The SAI KZ VII Lærke (Danish: "Lark") was a light utility aircraft built in Denmark shortly after the Second World War. Based on the SAI KZ III air ambulance, the KZ VII was a strut-braced, high-wing monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cabin for four seats. Fifty-six aircraft were built, and another 22 partially completed aircraft were destroyed in a factory fire in 1947. The Danish Air Force operated 10 of the type as trainers between 1950 and 1977.

Operators

 Denmark

• Royal Danish Air Force

 Germany

• OLT Express Germany

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54.^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 2 passengers
• Length: 6.56 m (21 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 13 m² (140 sq ft)
• Airfoil: NACA 23012 ^[2]
• Empty weight: 464 kg (1,023 lb)
• Gross weight: 867 kg (1,911 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 110 L (29 US gal; 24 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental C125 6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 93 kW (125 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed, 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) diameter fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
  
• Landing speed: 64 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn)
• Service ceiling: 4,115 m (13,501 ft)
• Rate of climb: 2.833 m/s (557.7 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 66.6 kg/m² (13.6 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 9.3 kg/kW (15.3 lb/hp)