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SZD-51 Junior
🇵🇱 Poland ·first flew 1980· sailplane
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PH-876 PZL Bielsko SZD-51-1: AlfvanBeem· CC0
- 2. Szybowiec SZD-51 Junior w Górskiej Szkole Szybowcowej Żar: Kawior· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Szybowiec SZD-51Junior: Kawior· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The PZL Bielsko SZD-51 Junior is a Polish single-seat training and club sailplane.
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- Top speed is 1.7× 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
- 1980-12-31
- number built
- 261
- role
- sailplane
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- makers
- PZL
- engines
- none (glider)
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 355 kg
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1304171, Wikipedia: SZD-51 Junior (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.