Lublin R-XIII

what is it?

The Lublin R-XIII was the Polish army cooperation plane (observation and liaison plane), designed in the early-1930s in the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the main army cooperation plane in the Invasion of Poland. Its variant Lublin R-XIV was a military trainer aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 177 km/htop speed
• range 600 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,330 kgmax take-off weight
• built 273made in total

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 95 years ago, in 1931.
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.3 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

1931

introduced

1932

number built

273

role

army-cooperation plane

makers

LWS

engines

1× Wright Whirlwind J-5

length

8.2 m

wingspan

13.3 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,330 kg

top speed

177 km/h

range

600 km

ceiling

4,100 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.