Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft - Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1920-1929, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1930-1939 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1920-1929, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1930-1939, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1940-1949, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1950-1959, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1960-1969, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1980-1989, Polish Civil Trainer Aircraft 1990-1999, Rwd-8, 3xtrim 3x55 Trener, Lwd Junak, Bartel Bm-4, Rwd-17, Pzl.5, Pzl Ts-8 Bies, Kocjan Bk, Pzl S-4 Kania, Lwd ak, Lwd Zuch, Rwd-23, Pzl M26 Iskierka, Pzl M-4 Tarpan, Bartel Bm-2, Pzl M-2. Excerpt: The RWD-8 was a Polish trainer aircraft used from 1934 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force and Polish civilian aviation, constructed by the RWD team. The aircraft was designed in response to a Polish Air Force requirement of 1931 for a basic trainer aircraft. It was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisaw Rogalski, Stanisaw Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki. The first prototype (registration SP-AKL), was flown in early 1933. It won the contest for the Polish military trainer, against the PZL-5bis and Bartel BM-4h biplanes. It was considered a very stable and well-handling aircraft. Since the DWL (Dowiadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze) workshops - a manufacturer of RWD designs - had limited production capability, the Polish military decided to produce the plane in a nationalized factory PWS (Podlaska Wytwrnia Samolotw). DWL gave away the licence free of charge, only for covering design costs. PWS produced aircraft for both military and civilian aviation, while DWL produced aircraft for civilian use only. The first PWS-built RWD-8 was flown in September 1934. These aircraft, designated RWD-8 PWS (or RWD-8 pws), differed from the original RWD-8 DWL (or RWD-8 dwl) in minor details, mainly having thinner landing gear shock absorbers and being slightly heavier and therefore slower. A... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=985934