PZL -101 Gawron

what is it?

The PZL-101 Gawron (rook) is a Polish agricultural and utility aircraft designed and built by WSK-Okęcie (later PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie").

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• range 525 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,660 kgmax take-off weight
• built 325made 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 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.6 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

1958-04-14

number built

325

role

agricultural and utility aircraft

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

makers

PZL Mielec

engines

1× Ivchenko AI-14R / AI-14

crew

1

passengers

3

length

9 m

wingspan

12.6 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,660 kg

top speed

160 km/h

cruise speed

130 km/h

range

525 km

ceiling

3,600 m

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