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Lublin R-VIII
Second Polish Republic ·first flew 1928· bomber and reconnaissance aircraft
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lublin R-VIII L'Aérophile September,1928: L'Aérophile magazine· Public domain
- 2. Lublin R-VIII Les Ailes May 24,1928: Les Ailes magazine· Public domain
- 3. Lublin R-VIII rment: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. Lublin R-VIII rment1: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. Lublin R-VIII slon: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 6. Lublin R-VIII ter: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Lublin R-VIII was a Polish bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and seaplane designed in the late 1920s by the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the first in-house design of Plage i Laśkiewicz, and the first with the name Lublin.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 17 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 17 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,490 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928-03
- introduced
- 1930
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- role
- bomber and reconnaissance aircraft
- origin
- Second Polish Republic
- makers
- Plage i Laśkiewicz
- engines
- 1× Lorraine-Dietrich 18Kd
- crew
- 2
- length
- 11.1 m
- wingspan
- 17 m
- height
- 4.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,000 kg
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- cruise speed
- 195 km/h
- range
- 1,490 km
- ceiling
- 5,700 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3811913, Wikipedia: Lublin R-VIII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.