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SZD-22 Mucha Standard

SZD-22 Mucha Standard
Role Glider
National origin Poland
Manufacturer SZD
Designer W. Nowakowski, R. Grzywacz and Zatwarnicki
First flight 10 February 1958[1]
Primary user Polish Aero Club
Number built 288[1]
Developed from SZD-12 Mucha 100

The SZD-22 Mucha Standard (Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny – Glider Experimental Works) was a single-seat aerobatic glider designed and built in Poland from 1957.

Development

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Developed especially for the 1958 World Gliding Championships, the SZD-22 Mucha Standard was a direct descendant of the IS-2 Mucha (Fly), from 1948, and SZD-12 Mucha 100, from 1953, with very similar lines and dimensions. The Mucha Standard was designed to the new Standard class rules which discarded the old Olympic 15-15-15 Span, Aspect Ratio, Area rule.[1]

The first flight of the SZD-22 took place at Bielsko with Adam Zientek at the controls on 10 February 1958.[2] It was followed by the second prototype in June 1958. Flight trials were successful, leading to a long production run with six variants, which introduced various modifications.

Built primarily of wood, the SZD-22 had airbrakes in the wings, a streamline cockpit canopy, short nose and tail skids with a single mainwheel. The SZD-22C model replaced the plywood covering of the wings with fabric and some models had provision for water ballast in rubber bags fitted to the wing roots.[1] Most of SZD-22s – 271, were built in ZSLS in Krosno.[2]

Many SZD-22's, mostly SZD-22C models, were exported to the Great Britain, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Mexico, Norway, West Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Hungary and Italy[1] Adam Witek flew the SZD-22 Mucha Standard to first place in the Standard class at the 1958 World Gliding Championships at Leszno in Poland.[1]

Variants

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Specifications (SZD-22A Mucha Standard)

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Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II [3] SZD-22 Mucha Standard [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Pietchowski, Piotr. "SZD-22 Mucha Standard" (in Polish). www.piotrp.de. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Babiejczuk, Janusz; Grzegorzewski, Jerzy (1974). Polski przemysł lotniczy 1945-1973 [Polish aerospace industry 1945-1973] (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo MON. pp. 123–124.
  3. ^ Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 34–36.

References

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  • Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 34–36.
  • Pietchowski, Piotr. "SZD-22 Mucha Standard" (in Polish). www.piotrp.de. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  • Babiejczuk, Janusz; Grzegorzewski, Jerzy (1974). Polski przemysł lotniczy 1945-1973 [Polish aerospace industry 1945-1973] (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo MON. pp. 124–125.

Further reading

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