Aircraft Photo of SP-AHL | RWD RWD-6bis | AirHistory.net #626149
Location
City / Airport:Warsaw - Okęcie / Frederic ChopinMap
Country:Poland
Airport Codes:ICAO: EPWA   IATA: WAW   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:September 1933 to December 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 626149
Photo Comment

The RWD-6 was designed for the 1932 Challenge International de Tourisme. SP-AHL took ninth place. Of the other two examples built, SP-AHM had crashed during a test flight. SP-AHN won the Challenge, but fatally crashed two weeks later. SP-AHL was then strengthened as the RWD-6bis, with the single wing struts replaced by V struts, as seen here. Note the Mickey Mouse artwork on the tailfin. During 1934 the aircraft was scrapped and parts were used in the RWD-13 prototype. RWD were based near Okęcie airport, apparently across a railway line. The large airport building included a military headquarters and a water tower. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

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