| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | SP-BPE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | RWD RWD-21 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | RWD RWD-21 |
| Aircraft Version: | RWD RWD-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 331 |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Kraków - Rakowice-Czyzyny (closed)Map |
| Country: | Poland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EPKC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego |
| Photo Date: | 6 February 2022 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 438827 |
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The RWD-21 is a two-seat, cantilever low-wing wooded touring aircraft that was intended to be simple, cheap and easy to fly. This is the prototype and first flew in February 1939. At the outbreak of WWII five aircraft had been completed. In September 1939 this plane and SP-BRH were flown to Romania where they survived the war. In Romania SP-BRE was re-registered and flown as YR-VEN but returned in 1948 to Poland and became SP-AKG with the Warsaw Aeroklub. It joined this super museum in 1963 and was subsequently restored to its pre-WWII colour scheme and registration. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 February 2022, and has since been viewed 134 times. |