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W.W.S.1 Salamandra
🇵🇱 Poland ·first flew 1936· glider
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. IS-A Salamandra 'SP-322' (15812048108): Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. W.W.S.1 Salamandra: MKFI· Public domain
- 3. Bezmiechowa vitorlázórepülőtér, 1939. IS-A Salamandra típusú vitorlázó repülőgép. Fortepan 31137: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 31137 : Adományozó/Donor: Vojnich Pál. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Salamandra w locie: Autor nieznany· Public domain
- 5. WWS-1 Salamandra: autor nieznany· Public domain
what is it?
The W.W.S. 1 Salamandra (Salamander) was a single-seat training glider designed and built in Poland from 1936, and again from 1947 after World War II as IS-A Salamandra.
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Wingspan of 12.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1936
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 500
- role
- glider
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- makers
- Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny
- engines
- none (glider)
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 12.5 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 190 kg
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q9296302, Wikipedia: W.W.S.1 Salamandra (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.