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''This fighter is sometimes called "PZL.62", but the correct designation is '''PZL.55'''.''<ref>Glass (2008), p.134</ref>
''This fighter is sometimes called "PZL.62", but the correct designation is '''PZL.55'''.''<ref>Glass (2008), p.134</ref>
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Revision as of 22:22, 20 November 2013

This fighter is sometimes called "PZL.62", but the correct designation is PZL.55.[1]

PZL.55
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin Poland
Manufacturer Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze
Status Project
Primary user Polish Air Force (planned)
Developed from PZL.26

PZL.55 was a Polish pre-war initial project for a fighter aircraft, designed by Jerzy Dąbrowski of the PZL works. The design was for a single-seat low-wing monoplane, developed from the PZL.26 sports plane and private sports plane project designed by Jerzy Dąbrowski for his own purposes.

The prototype PZL.55/I was designed for the Hispano-Suiza 12Y inline engine but production aircraft were intended to be powered by Hispano-Suiza 12Z inline engines.[2]

Planned specifications (PZL.55)

Data from [3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1

Performance Armament

  • Guns: 1 x Hispano-Suiza gun, 6-8 x 7.92 mm PWU wz.36 machine guns

References

  1. ^ Glass (2008), p.134
  2. ^ Glass (2008), p.134
  3. ^ Glass (2008), p.134-135

Bibliography

  • Glass, Andrzej. Polskie Konstrukcje Lotnicze Vol.3 (In Polish). Sandomierz, Poland: Wydawnictwo Stratus, 2008.

See also

Related development