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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SZD-30-Pirat at EPSU, Aug, 2007: Przemysław " Blueshade " Idzkiewicz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Pirat SZD-30 9A-GRA: Dtom· CC BY 3.0
- 3. PZL-101 Gawron repülőgép SZD-30 Pirat vitorlázó repülőgépet vontat. Fortepan 9696: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 9696 : Adományozó/Donor: MHSZ.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Május 1-i felvonulás. SZD-30 Pirat vitorlázó repülőgép. Fortepan 13613: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 13613 : Adományozó/Donor: MHSZ. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SZD-30 Pirat - AERO Friedrichshafen 2018 - (1X7A4857): Matti Blume· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tablica przyrządów, szybowca Pirat: Zalasem1· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The SZD-30 Pirat is a single-seat multipurpose glider aircraft from the Polish firm PZL Bielsko which first flew in 1966, and began production in 1967.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1966
- introduced
- 1967
- number built
- 776
- role
- club-class, formerly standard-class sailplane
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- makers
- PZL
- engines
- none (glider)
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.9 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1 m
- max take-off weight
- 370 kg
- top speed
- 250 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1273276, Wikipedia: PZL SZD-30 Pirat (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.