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PZL P.24A fost un avion de lupt\u0103 polonez, proiectat la mijlocul anilor 1930 \u00een fabrica PZL din Warsaw. A fost exportat \u00een c\u00e2teva \u0163\u0103ri dar nefolosit \u00een Polonia.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Role:<\/b><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Fight<\/span><\/p>

Maker:\u00a0<\/b>PZL<\/p>

Designer:\u00a0<\/b>Zygmunt Pu\u0142awski<\/p>

First flight<\/b><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0may 1933<\/span><\/p>

Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>1936<\/span><\/p>

Retras:\u00a0<\/b>1960\u00a0Turkish Air Force\u00a0<\/p>

First users:<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Turkish Air Force
Royal Romanian Air Force
Bulgarian Air Force
Hellenic Air Force<\/p>

Developed from:<\/b><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>PZL P.11<\/span><\/p>

Variante:<\/b><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0IAR 80<\/span><\/p>

PZL P.24<\/span><\/span><\/strong>was a Polish fighter aircraft designed in the mid-1930s at the PZL factory in Warsaw. It was exported to several countries but not used in Poland.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Design and development<\/b><\/h3>

The PZL P.24 was designed as an export version of the PZL P.11, a \"gullwing\" fighter designed by Zygmunt Pu\u0142awski. P.11 was started with a licensed Bristol Mercury engine. The license did not allow export sales. So the French company Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne proposes the use of their engines in the P.11. The first prototype\u00a0<\/span>P.24\/I<\/span><\/strong>, based on the P.11a and designed by Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne 14Kds 760 hp 570 kW engine, flew in May 1933. The second prototype,\u00a0<\/span>P.24\/II\u00a0 numit\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\"Super P.24\", set the world speed record for radial-engine fighter aircraft (414 km\/h). The third prototype\u00a0<\/span>P.24\/III\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>it was \"Super P.24bis\" with a much more powerful 14Kfs motor. The model was presented at the 1934 Paris Air Show attracting the interest of many attendees.<\/span><\/p>

The aircraft was conventional in layout, with high wings. It was all-metal and metal-covered. The wings had a gull-wing shape, with a thin profile close to the fuselage, to provide a good view for the pilot. This configuration was developed by Zygmunt Pulawski and called \u201ethe Polish wing\u201d. The canopy was closed (apart from prototypes). An internal 360 liter fuel tank in the fuselage could be dropped in case of fire emergency. It had conventional fixed landing gear, with a rear skid.<\/p>

The armament was a combination of 20\u00a0mm\u00a0Oerlikon FF\u00a0cannon and 7.92\u00a0mm\u00a0Colt-Browning\u00a0machine guns in the wings.<\/p>

  • The P.24A, P.24E and P.24F had two cannons and two machine guns.<\/p><\/li>

  • P.24B, P.24C and P.24G The 24G had four machine guns.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>

    Operations history<\/b><\/h3>

    Despite being a better fighter than the P.11, there were few acquired by the Polish Air Force, which preferred to wait for the PZL.50. When it became clear the PZL.50 would not be ready in time to counter the imminent German attack, the PAF resumed production of the P.11 and ordered the P.24. However, no PZL.24s were produced before the war started, and only two were used in the Polish Campaign. The aircraft had greater success abroad, though.<\/p>

    Turkey<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>

    Turkish P.24s were used for training until the late 1940s. Some were refitted with Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engines. The only surviving example of a PZL P.24 in the world is an example in Turkey. Photographs of the Turkish museum piece show a variety of serial numbering (2015, 2017, 2147) and are shot at different locations: (Ankara and Istanbul), suggesting that there may be more than one survivor.<\/p>

    Greece<\/h3>

    The PZL P.24 was the main Greek fighter at a time of the Italian attack in 1940, and engaged Italian bombers during the Greco-Italian War.<\/p>

    Romania<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>

    The Romanian Air Force already used PZL P.11Fs built under license in the IAR factory, and decided to acquire the P.24 as well. Romania bought five P.24Es and a production license, and built 25\u00a0<\/span>IAR P.24E<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0aircraft at the IAR factory between 1937 and 1939. Some components of the P.24E, mainly its tail section, were used in construction of the Romanian low-wing fighter IAR 80. The fighters were used to guard Bucharest and the Ploie\u015fti oilfields from Soviet bombers at the start of Operation Barbarossa. Flying from Otopeni military airbase, the PZL P.24 fighters managed to shoot down 37 unescorted VVS bombers. The P.24E was also used for ground attack missions until the end of 1941 and after 1942 it was relegated to training duties because of its obsolescence.<\/span><\/p>

    Variants<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>

    During the development of Pulawski fighters, a new version of the P.11, the P.11c, was developed for the Polish Air Force. It had a new, reconfigured fuselage, and the radial engine was lowered to give a pilot a better view. These changes were applied also to the new P.24 prototype, flown in 1936. The P.24A and P.24B models could carry 4 x 12.5 kg bombs, while the P.24C, F and G could carry 2 x 50 kg bombs.<\/p>

    P.24 \u2013 This design used the whole tail fuselage section from the P.11c, was powered with a Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne 14Kfs engine (930 hp), and was armed with two 20 mm cannon and two machine guns.<\/p>

    P.24A<\/p>

    It entered production as\u00a0<\/span>P.24A<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>

    P.24B<\/p>

    The model\u00a0<\/span>P.24B\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>it was armed with four machine guns.<\/span><\/p>

    P.24C<\/p>

    P.24C\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>was armed with four machine guns and two 50 kg bombs.<\/span><\/p>

    P.24D<\/p>

    P.24D<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0a fost dezvoltat pentru a fi v\u00e2ndut in Ungaria, dar nu a fost finalizat. Ungaria cump\u0103rase deja\u00a0Fiat CR.32.<\/span><\/p>

    IAR P.24E<\/p>

    The version\u00a0<\/span>P.24E<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0had a construction license in Romania from IAR as IAR P.24.E<\/span><\/p>

    P.24F<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0a fost \u00eenarmat cu dou\u0103 tunuri,\u00a0 dou\u0103 mitraliere \u0219i bombe \u0219i alimentat cu cel mai puternic motor Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne 14N-07 970CP (720 Kw)<\/span><\/p>

    P.24G\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Ultima versiune de produc\u021bie a fost P.24G, produs din 1937 \u0219i dotat\u0103 cu cel mai puternic motor\u00a0Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne 14N-07 970 cp (720 kW), \u00eenarmat cu patru mitraliere \u0219i bombe.<\/span><\/p>

    P.24H<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0was to be powered with a Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne 14N-21 engine (1,100 hp) and carry four cannon or two cannon and two machine guns, but it was not completed. The P.24H was considered for purchase by the Polish Air Force, but progress was slow due to the P.24\u2019s similarity to the PZL P.11, which was already in service, and also interest in the hypothetically superior PZL.50 Jastrz\u0105b then under development. World War II started before any of these plans could be realized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    PZL P.24<\/span><\/strong>was a Polish fighter aircraft designed in the mid-1930s at the PZL factory in Warsaw. It was exported to several countries but not used in Poland.<\/span><\/p>

    Specifica\u021bii (P.24C)<\/b><\/p>

    General characteristics<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>

    • Crew:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a01<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Capacity<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0fighter plane<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Length:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a07.81 m (25 ft 7 in)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Scope:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a010.68 m (35 ft 1 in)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Height:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a02.7 m (8 ft 19 in)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Bearing surface:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a017.90 m\u00b2 (192.7 ft\u00b2)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Empty weight:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a01,330 kg (2,930 lb)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Weight with load:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a01,915 kg (4,220 lb)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

    • Weight with load:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a02,000 kg (4,400 lb)<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>

      Motopropulsor group:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a01 \u00d7\u00a0Gnome-Rh\u00f4ne 14Kfs\u00a014-cilindrii , motor radial double row\u00a0, 900 hp \/ 930 cp (max) (671 kW \/ 693 kW (max)<\/span><\/p>

      Performances<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>

      • Full speed:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0430 km\/h (270 mph)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

      • Range:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0550 km (340 mi)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

      • Service ceiling:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a010,500 m (34,449 ft)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

      • Rate of climb:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a011.5 m\/s (2,260 ft\/min)<\/span><\/p><\/li>

      • Power\/mass:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a00.376 kW\/kg (0.230 hp\/lb)<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>

        Armament<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

        • 4 MGs<\/p><\/li>

        • 2 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombe<\/p><\/li><\/ul>



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          PZL P.24A fost un avion de lupt\u0103 polonez, proiectat la mijlocul anilor 1930 \u00een fabrica PZL din Warsaw. A fost exportat \u00een c\u00e2teva \u0163\u0103ri dar nefolosit \u00een Polonia. Rol:\u00a0Lupt\u0103 Fabricant:\u00a0PZL Proiectant:\u00a0Zygmunt Pu\u0142awski Primul zbor:\u00a0mai 1933 Introducere:\u00a01936 Retras:\u00a01960\u00a0Turkish Air Force\u00a0 Primii utilizatori: Turkish Air ForceRoyal Romanian Air ForceBulgarian Air ForceHellenic Air Force Dezvoltat din\u00a0PZL P.11 Variante:\u00a0IAR […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alexandru-frim","category-flota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviatie-mircea-cantacuzino.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}