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Makowski, a construction sketches by Augustyn Bobek-Zdaniewski. The plane was built and first flown in spring of 1930 by Franciszek Rutkowski in
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36:PWS-50 of Z. Babiński during the Challenge 1930
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338:Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934
423:Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" (
304:1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 8 minutes
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185:Data from
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142:Podlasie
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402:21 May
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512:PWS-6
507:PWS-5
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497:PWS 3
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