PZL 50 on ebay????
 

Hello

I am not too sure abot the tailplane strut - but I cannot identify the a/c being sold as ebay photo 6182418998 as anything else.

If it is Poland - 1939/40 then all that comes to mind is the Jastrzab

Have a look-see - what do y'all think?

Graham

Re: PZL 50 Yes you are right
 

Hi
you are this is the second example of PZL P.50 Jastrząb, made in Warsaw.
There were tow prototypes one in Warsoaw and second which flown to Lvov force landed before
Reagrds
Mirek Wawrzyński

PS
The first photos which presnets more the know so far before 1 IX 1939

Re: PZL 50 on ebay????
 

Hi 2 U 2

Blackhawk down......................:shock:

I am hoping and praying that this photograph will go to a buyer in Poland.

The P 50 may not have become such a good aeroplane as the P 37 or - when they were introduced - the P7 / P 11 series.

It is however a small and bright diamond in the sanguine 'korona' of September 1939

46 or 50 - prototypes only, but their legacy is greater than the sum (no pun intended) of their parts...

Graham

Re: PZL 50 on ebay????
 

I think every Pole would like this picture to go to Poland.
Here, on a Polish WWII forum we have some amatours attempts to reconstruct the shape of fuselage:
LINK
Go to the lower part of the site

Fantastic Megazlotys
 

And it has - a wonderful if expensive thing.

I apologize to anyone who was cursing me (lisa4mf) all last week but my intentions were pro-Polish.

I was afraid of the Canadian - Now the right buyer(s) ;-) has brought it home.

Graham

Re: PZL 50 on ebay????
 

do you want to bet on this?, unless you are eagleking.

i think this photo will reappear for sale at a very high price.

Polish buyer????
 

Hi

The buyer of the photograph is OK - one of the best.
The image will surely soon be published.

Thanks for link to your forum - gets a bit too argumentative for me.

Graham

Re: PZL 50 on ebay????
 

Hi Leon

What I see from your countrymen resembles either a pregnant P36 or a streamlined RATA UTI. Clearly the high spine makes the accepted (drafted) cockpit teardrop of the /II model questionable.

Similarly the tailplane strut and the fork u/c are of interest.

I now await the initial publication with great interest

Graham the Farmer

Re: PZL 50 on ebay????
 

Graham,
[TEXT EDITED by Moderator] Anyway, seeing the photo for the first time it struck me, that the aircraft looked most obvious for a next in line PZL fighter. The question is why the reconstruction looked so different - perhaps an effect of comparisons to Seversky?
Most interesting is clearly visible profile of the wing - I have not seen that information.
Cheers

well I am not worried - just bemused
 

Hi Franek

In repect of this aeroplane - I do think that it may cause a total rethink of where PZL were going with this design - no chin intake etc. The cowling / motor will be very interesting - when soon published

As for the Polish forum of Leon - I do find some of the postings rather 'ridiculous' (especially those of the fox) but not the forum - despite the surplus of silly thumbnails and mottos with every posting. Nonetheless Ruy's right to moderate in this piece of Oranje Cyberspace seems irrelevant when the 'objectionable' text remains visible. I must presume that this is an example of the traditional Dutch disciplined tolerance ;-))

At least Ruy has saved us from the thumbnails and exhortations.

As for this PZL - well I still would be very cautious about a decision as to which airframe it is. I look forward to wing root armament information.

Graham