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- 1. LWD Zuch 2 - Muzeum Lotnictwa Kraków: Jakub "flyz1" Maciejewski· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Zuch was a Polish aerobatics and trainer aircraft, built in 1948 in the LWD bureau and produced in a small series.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.9 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,160 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1948
- introduced
- 1949
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- role
- trainer/aerobatics aircraft
- makers
- Lotnicze Warsztaty Doświadczalne
- engines
- 1× Bramo Sh 14
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.6 m
- wingspan
- 9.9 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,020 kg
- top speed
- 222 km/h
- cruise speed
- 181 km/h
- range
- 1,160 km
- ceiling
- 4,750 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6460360, Wikipedia: LWD Zuch (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.