what is it?
The PZL Ł.2 was a Polish Army cooperation and liaison aircraft, built in 1929 in the Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL) in Warsaw. Only a small series of 31 aircraft, including prototype, were made, and used by the Polish Air Force in the 1930s. The aircraft was known in Poland for accomplishing of a long-distance tour around Africa in 1931.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · high wing · 13.4 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Wingspan of 13.4 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
- 1930
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- role
- liaison aircraft
- origin
- Second Polish Republic
- makers
- PZL
- engines
- 1× Skoda-Wright J-5 Whirlwind
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 13.4 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,730 kg
- top speed
- 183 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,730 m
- wings
- high wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q726113, Wikipedia: PZL Ł.2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.