The author of the machine, Viktor Pavlovich Dmitriev, has long been engaged in finding the limits in small aviation

In the early 1950s one of the clear contenders for the title of “the world’s smallest airplane” was the SA-2A Sky Baby.

While the world’s aircraft giants are building even bigger and more spacious airliners, such as the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

This airplane was built to set a world record. Robert Starr of Phoenix, Arizona, was known as the pilot and designer of the other two smallest planes holding the record since 1949.