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engine. The rear cabin was replaced with an additional 300 L (79 US gal) fuel tank, and the windows were removed. Additional fuel tanks were added in wings, the fuel capacity reached 752 L (199 US gal) in total and a range increased to 5,000 km (3,100 mi).
403:, conventional in layout. The fuselage of a steel frame, covered with canvas on a wooden frame (with duralumin in engine section). Trapezoid one-part wing, canvas covered (plywood in front), two-spar, with no mechanization. A crew of two, sitting in
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294:(SP-ALR, ALX, ALZ). Also, Maj. E. Wyrwicki flew RWD 5 from Romania to besieged Warsaw (according to other sources, he flew RWD-5 SP-AJB from Warsaw). None of the RWD 5s survived the war.
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One RWD 5 was sold to Brazil in 1938 (former SP-LO, removed from the Polish registry on 4 December 1936) and registered there as PP-TDX in 1939. Its airworthiness expired in 1943.
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In late 1990s, a flying replica of the RWD 5, named RWD 5R, was built in Poland by EEA991 association. It flew first on 26 August 2000, and is powered with 140 hp LOM Praha
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The first prototype (registration SP-AGJ) was flown on 7 August 1931 by its designer Jerzy
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IIB (105 hp (78 kW) nominal power and 115 hp (86 kW) take-off power). Used also were 130 hp Hermes IV or
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light tourist plane class. The RWD 5bis was at that time the smallest plane that has ever
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4-cylinder air-cooled in-line piston engines, 78–86 kW (105–115 hp)
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from 27 April to 24 June 1933, on a path of 17,885 km (11,113 mi).
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organization (SP-LOP). After the outbreak of World War II, during the Polish
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4. The RWD 5bis and RWD 5 SP-LOT had a 130 hp (97 kW)
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in 1933–1936 for taxi flights (registration SP-LOT), one by
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1,080–1,200 km (670–750 mi, 580–650 nmi)
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Refuelling during 4th
Domestic Touring Aircraft Contest
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175–185 km/h (109–115 mph, 94–100 kn)
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650:(in Polish). Warsaw: WKiŁ. pp. 291–294.
316:Single-seater record version RWD 5bis SP-AJU
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147:was a Polish touring and sports plane of
697:"Samoloty RWD w Brazylii, Izraelu i USA"
581:50.7 kg/m (10.4 lb/sq ft)
445:, Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893–1939
286:, at least three RWD 5 were utilized as
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648:Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893–1939
551:75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn)
672:Military aircraft in Poland 1924–1939
590:0.1126 kW/kg (0.0685 hp/lb)
465:1 passenger / trainee or second pilot
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757:RWD-5 aircraft Website by Rafał Krok
668:Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1924–1939
937:1930s Polish civil utility aircraft
477:10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
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489:15.5 m (167 sq ft)
483:2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
471:7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
217:Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze
214:airport, from 1933 converted to
155:team. It was made famous by its
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952:Single-engined tractor aircraft
208:Warsaw University of Technology
569:4.6 m/s (910 ft/min)
523:2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
308:The flight across the Atlantic
304:engine (registration SP-LOT).
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962:Aircraft first flown in 1931
942:1930s Polish sport aircraft
501:760 kg (1,676 lb)
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759:, retrieved on 2008-07-06.
730:Polish aircraft, 1893-1939
418:were used, most typically
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715:Na przekór przeciwnościom
666:Morgała, Andrzej (2003).
495:445 kg (981 lb)
370:flown across the Atlantic
274:One aircraft was used by
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432:de Havilland Gipsy Major
713:Marcin Sigmund (2018):
646:Glass, Andrzej (1977).
450:General characteristics
727:Cynk, Jerzy B (1971).
618:de Havilland Puss Moth
438:Specifications (RWD 5)
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695:Stefanicki, Maciej.
426:III, or 120 hp
354:Saint-Louis, Senegal
335:Stanisław Skarżyński
157:transatlantic flight
733:. Putnam. pp.
600:Related development
276:LOT Polish Airlines
47:General information
957:High-wing aircraft
424:de Havilland Gipsy
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106:Manufactured
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85:Primary user
61:Manufacturer
55:Sports plane
41:RWD 5 SP-AGJ
529:Performance
521:Propellers:
511:Powerplant:
392:Description
330:Gipsy Major
163:Development
931:Categories
626:References
586:Power/mass
487:Wing area:
398:cantilever
302:Avia M-332
261:aero clubs
475:Wingspan:
463:Capacity:
443:Data from
401:monoplane
320:In March
109:1931–1937
796:aircraft
595:See also
350:Atlantic
326:RWD 5bis
72:Designer
735:498-504
481:Height:
469:Length:
352:, from
290:by the
247:Service
132:Retired
101:History
916:RWD 25
911:RWD 23
906:RWD 22
901:RWD 21
896:RWD 20
891:RWD 19
886:RWD 18
881:RWD 17
876:RWD 16
871:RWD 15
861:RWD 13
856:RWD 11
851:RWD 10
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555:Range:
405:tandem
362:Brazil
358:Maceio
339:Warsaw
269:RWD 13
212:Okęcie
201:canopy
88:Poland
846:RWD 9
841:RWD 8
836:RWD 7
831:RWD 6
826:RWD 5
821:RWD 4
816:RWD 3
811:RWD 2
806:RWD 1
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457:Crew:
210:near
197:RWD 4
193:RWD 7
189:RWD 3
185:RWD 2
181:RWD 1
145:RWD 5
30:RWD 5
18:RWD-5
739:ISBN
676:ISBN
513:1 ×
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322:1933
280:LOPP
241:1937
237:1934
233:1933
229:1932
191:and
175:and
149:1931
143:The
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118:1931
79:team
52:Type
794:RWD
366:FAI
356:to
341:to
153:RWD
77:RWD
66:DWL
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