PZL P.11 – WalkAround

Den PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed and constructed during the early 1930s by Warsaw-based aircraft manufacturer PZL. Possessing an all-metal structure, metal-covering, and high-mounted gull wing, the type held the distinction of being widely considered to have briefly been the most advanced fighter aircraft of its kind in the world. The design of the P.11 commenced during the late 1920s, initially designated as the P.1. The primary individual responsible for its development was Polish aeronautical engineer Zygmunt Puławski, who has been attributed as having designed many of its innovative features. While the majority of the world’s forces were still using biplanes, the P.1 used a high-mounted and aerodynamically clean gull wing, which provided the pilot with a superior field of view. During September 1929, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight. The design quickly drew international attention; the general layout became commonly known as the “Polish wing” or “Puławski wing”.

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PZL P.11 var ett polskt stridsflygplan som konstruerades och tillverkades på 1930-talet av företaget PZL. Det var ett av de mest avancerade jaktplanen i världen när det flög första gången 1931, med en konstruktion helt i metall, en högvingad monoplanlayout och en måsvingedesign. PZL P.11 tjänstgjorde som det polska flygvapnets huvudjaktplan under invasionen av Polen 1939, där det mötte överlägsna tyska jaktplan som Messerschmitt Bf 109 och Junkers Ju 87. Trots att de var underlägsna i antal och utklassade kämpade PZL P.11-piloterna tappert och vann många segrar mot Luftwaffe. PZL P.11 betraktas som en symbol för polskt motstånd och hjältemod under andra världskriget.