Aircraft Photo of SP-DRF | RWD RWD-9S | AirHistory.net #625844

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	SP-DRF
Other Marks:	74
Aircraft Original Type:	RWD RWD-9
Aircraft Generic Type:	RWD RWD-9
Aircraft Version:	RWD RWD-9S
C/n (msn):	90

Location
City / Airport:	Warsaw - Pole Mokotowskie (closed)Map
Country:	Poland
Airport Codes:	None
Event:	Challenge International de Tourisme 1934

Photo Date:	August 1934 to September 1934
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	625844

Photo Comment
An RWD-6, SP-AHN, had won the 1932 Challenge International de Tourisme. The RWD-9, developed from the RWD-6, did even better in the 1934 edition of the event, with three Polish examples taking the first, second and seventh places, and a Czechoslovak RWD-9 the eighth place. SP-DRF, piloted by Tadeusz Karpiński, did not complete the event's 9537.4 km rally around Europe. Note: this is an RWD-9S with the Polish Skoda GR-760 engine, while SP-DRB / 76 was an RWD-9W with a Walter Bora engine. One source mistakenly has this the other way around. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe This photo was added on 2 December 2023, and has since been viewed 191 times.

Photo Comment

An RWD-6, SP-AHN, had won the 1932 Challenge International de Tourisme. The RWD-9, developed from the RWD-6, did even better in the 1934 edition of the event, with three Polish examples taking the first, second and seventh places, and a Czechoslovak RWD-9 the eighth place. SP-DRF, piloted by Tadeusz Karpiński, did not complete the event's 9537.4 km rally around Europe. Note: this is an RWD-9S with the Polish Skoda GR-760 engine, while SP-DRB / 76 was an RWD-9W with a Walter Bora engine. One source mistakenly has this the other way around. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

This photo was added on 2 December 2023, and has since been viewed 191 times.

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