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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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499:List of aircraft of Hungary in World War II
376:320 km/h (200 mph, 170 kn)
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659:Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
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327:12.90 m (42 ft 4 in)
241:A crashed WM-21 Sólyom in Pécs 1941
171:, which was based on the yet older
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494:List of aircraft of World War II
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351:3,400 kg (7,496 lb)
345:2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
100:Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő
715:Aircraft first flown in 1937
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206:A WM-21 Sólyom in service
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678:0143-5450
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