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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RWD 13 front: Daniel Delimata· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. RWD 13: Daniel Delimata· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Walter Major 4 a RWD 13: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 4. RWD 13 - Museu da TAM P1080621 (8593472340): Ricardo Reis from Lisboa, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. RWD 13 AN1203562: Renato Spilimbergo Carvalho· GFDL 1.2
- 6. RWD 13 SP-WDL: Anonymous Unknown author· Public domain
- 7. RWD 13, Radom Air Show 2007: Man· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Samolot sanitarno-turystyczny RWD -13 ST "Ludovika" NAC 1-W-2995: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 9. SP-WDL RWD 13 replica at GUT Gdansk, 2015: LukaszKatlewa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Walter Major 4 and RWD 13: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
what is it?
The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane of 1935, three-seater high-wing monoplane, designed by the RWD team.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · 11.6 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935-01-15
- introduced
- 1935
- number built
- 100
- role
- touring plane
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- makers
- Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze
- engines
- 1× PZInż. Major / Gipsy Major I
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 11.6 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 930 kg
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- cruise speed
- 180 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- ceiling
- 4,200 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2121515, Wikipedia: RWD 13 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.