PWS-16

what is it?

The PWS-16 was a biplane trainer designed and developed by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS). An armed variant also entered production as the PWS-26.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 215 km/htop speed
• built 40made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1933

introduced

1934

number built

40

role

trainer biplane

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

makers

Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów

engines

1× Wright J-5 Whirlwind radial engine

crew

1

length

7 m

wingspan

9 m

height

2.8 m

top speed

215 km/h

range

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