PZL .45 Sokół

what is it?

The PZL.45 Sokół (falcon) was a Polish prototype fighter designed by PZL from 1936–1939. Work commenced on the aircraft in the late 1936 based on earlier light fighters.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 520 km/htop speed
• range 450 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,950 kgmax take-off weight

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 4.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.1 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

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number built

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role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

makers

PZL

engines

1× Gnome-Rhône 14M05 Mars

crew

1

length

7.9 m

wingspan

12.1 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,950 kg

top speed

520 km/h

range

450 km

ceiling

8,000 m

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