what is it?
The PZL-5 was a Polish two-seat touring and sports aircraft of 1930 constructed and produced by the PZL.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.4 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.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1930-05
- introduced
- 1930
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- role
- sports plane
- origin
- Second Polish Republic
- makers
- PZL
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy I / de Havilland Gipsy
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 8.4 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 745 kg
- top speed
- 164 km/h
- cruise speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- 530 km
- ceiling
- 3,715 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7121237, Wikipedia: PZL.5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.