Polish Sport Aircraft: Polish Sport Aircraft 1920-1929, Polish Sport Aircraft 1930-1939, Polish Sport Aircraft 1960-1969

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 106. Not illustrated. Chapters: Polish Sport Aircraft 1920-1929, Polish Sport Aircraft 1930-1939, Polish Sport Aircraft 1960-1969, Polish Sport Aircraft 1990-1999, Pzl Bielsko Szd-59, Rwd-5, Rwd-21, Rwd-9, Pzl.5, Pzl .2, Rwd-4, Drzewiecki Jd-2, Lublin R-X, Rwd-6, Pzl.19, Pws-51, Pzl.26, Pws-8, Rwd-19, Pws-50, Rwd-10, Rwd-3, Pzl M-4 Tarpan, Rwd-7, Szd-26 Wilk, Rwd-16, Lublin R-Xii. Excerpt: The SZD-59 Acro is a single-seat glass composite glider for aerobatics and cross-country flying by PZL Allstar of Bielsko-Biala, Poland. The SZD-59 can be flown with a 13.2m span or a 15.0m span. Attaching or detaching the wing-tips takes only a few minutes. With 15m wing-tips it is a competitive Club Class glider, while it is a competitive aerobatic glider in the 13.2m configuration. The SZD-59 Acro was derived from the SZD-48-3 Jantar Standard 3 in 1990-91 mainly by Jan Knapik. The fuselage is only a slightly modified version of the one used in the Jantar Standard 3. However, the T-tail has been replaced by a cross-tail with larger rudder and the elevator of the SZD-42-2 Jantar 2. The design life is 15,000 hours, though at present it is approved for only 4,000 hours of operation. In 15m configuration, the SZD-59 is approved in the utility category of JAR 22 (sailplanes) of the Joint Aviation Authorities, and in the 13.2m configuration it is approved according to the aerobatics category of JAR 22. The prototype was first demonstrated during the 1991 FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Zielona Gora. Twelve Acros were built until the production stopped in 1996 due to economic problems. Allstar PZL Glider Sp. z o.o. in Bielsko-Biala (Poland) restarted production of the SZD-59 Acros in 2004. Currently, it is the only unlimited glider in serial production. With a handicap factor of 100, according to the 2008 handicap list of the Deutscher ...