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997:PZL.56 Kania
957:PZL.45 Sokół
902:PZL.23 Karaś
861:
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207:Townend ring
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101:First flight
88:Number built
78:Primary user
49:Manufacturer
1662:S-4 Kania 2
1259:TS-11 Iskra
1036:PZL-102 Kos
932:PZL.38 Wilk
922:PZL.30 Żubr
590:Ikarus IK-2
532:in fuselage
414:Performance
406:Propellers:
396:Powerplant:
265:Częstochowa
104:August 1930
1677:Categories
1127:PZL Jak-12
1026:TS-16 Grot
987:PZL.54 Ryś
972:PZL.49 Miś
962:PZL.46 Sum
927:PZL.37 Łoś
603:References
508:Power/mass
356:Wing area:
1657:S-3 Kania
1254:TS-8 Bies
1244:LWD Szpak
1102:WSK Junak
344:Wingspan:
316:Data from
284:Operators
251:Cleveland
199:monoplane
195:duralumin
156:gull wing
811:aircraft
658:16 April
585:Loire 46
568:PZL P.24
563:PZL P.11
537:See also
518:Armament
271:Variants
249:held in
119:Variants
60:Designer
1056:PZL-107
624:147-154
558:PZL P.8
553:PZL P.7
548:PZL P.1
363:Airfoil
350:Height:
338:Length:
258:PZL P.7
168:PZL P.6
152:PZL P.1
132:PZL P.6
123:PZL P.7
113:PZL P.1
96:History
42:Fighter
19:PZL P.6
1647:SZD-59
1642:SZD-56
1637:SZD-55
1632:SZD-54
1627:SZD-52
1622:SZD-51
1617:SZD-50
1612:SZD-49
1607:SZD-48
1602:SZD-45
1597:SZD-43
1592:SZD-42
1587:SZD-41
1582:SZD-40
1577:SZD-39
1572:SZD-38
1567:SZD-37
1562:SZD-36
1557:SZD-35
1552:SZD-34
1547:SZD-33
1542:SZD-32
1537:SZD-31
1532:SZD-30
1527:SZD-29
1522:SZD-28
1517:SZD-27
1512:SZD-26
1507:SZD-25
1502:SZD-24
1497:SZD-23
1492:SZD-22
1487:SZD-21
1482:SZD-20
1477:SZD-19
1472:SZD-18
1467:SZD-17
1462:SZD-16
1457:SZD-15
1452:SZD-14
1447:SZD-13
1442:SZD-12
1437:SZD-11
1432:SZD-10
1359:SZD-30
1347:Other:
1249:CSS-13
1237:Other:
1122:CSS-13
1117:CSS-12
1112:CSS-11
1107:CSS-10
1095:Other:
992:PZL.55
947:PZL.43
942:PZL.42
937:PZL.39
917:PZL.27
912:PZL.26
897:PZL.19
892:PZL.16
752:
737:
715:
700:
685:
630:
458:Range:
298:Poland
295:
236:Flight
70:Status
1427:SZD-9
1422:SZD-8
1417:SZD-7
1412:SZD-6
1407:SZD-C
1389:KR-03
1328:Kania
1284:Lim-6
1279:Lim-5
1274:Lim-2
1269:Lim-1
1132:MD-12
857:PZL.5
852:PZL.4
847:PZL.3
526:Guns:
368:root:
332:Crew:
277:P.6/I
227:L'Air
1369:PW-6
1364:PW-5
1354:Mi-2
1338:SW-4
1323:SM-4
1318:SM-2
1313:SM-1
1306:PZL:
1264:An-2
1228:I-22
1223:M-28
1218:M-26
1213:M-25
1208:M-24
1203:M-21
1198:M-20
1193:M-18
1188:M-17
1183:M-15
1161:PZL:
1019:PZL:
907:P.24
882:P.11
830:PZL:
750:ISBN
735:ISBN
713:ISBN
698:ISBN
683:ISBN
660:2019
628:ISBN
398:1 ×
372:tip:
239:and
130:The
38:Type
1652:S-1
1333:W-3
1178:M-4
1173:M-3
1168:M-2
877:P.9
872:P.8
867:P.7
862:P.6
842:Ł.2
837:P.1
809:PZL
140:PZL
54:PZL
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