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SZD 19-2A ZEFIR ( ZEPHYR ) SAILPLANE/GLIDER 1/72 PZW (pzl)

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QUALITY, RARE, UNASSEMBLED, 1/72 SCALE MODEL KIT OF THE POLISH SAILPLANE - SZD 19-2A ZEFIR .

 

INTENDED TO REPLACE THE SZD 8 JASKOLKA AS THE POLISH TEAM MOUNT AT THE WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1958 IN LESZNO, THE SZD-19 ZEFIR WAS A HIGH WING GLIDER WITH A WOODEN FUSELAGE, INCLUDING SOME PARTS MADE FROM GLASS-FIBRE, RETRACTABLE UNDERCARRIAGE AND ALL METAL WINGS INCORPORATING HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED FLAPS. IT WAS DESIGNED BY A TEAM HEADED BY BOGUMIL SZUBA. THE FIRST PROTOTYPE SZD-19X ZEFIR FLEW ON 31 DECEMBER 1958, MISSING THE 1958 CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT THE FLIGHT TESTS REVEALED MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH CONTROL AND STABILITY AS WELL AS OPERATION OF THE FLAPS AND COMPLEXITY OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE SZD-19 WAS TOTALLY RE-DESIGNED WITH ALL WOODEN WINGS, REVISED FUSELAGE AND TAIL SECTION, AND TOWING HOOK RELOCATED TO THE RETRACTABLE UNDERCARRIAGE CHASSIS, TO BE RE-INCARNATED AS THE SZD-19-2 ZEFIR 2, FIRST FLYING ON 11 MARCH 1960, SHOWING A MARKED IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ZEFIR. TWO PROTOTYPES OF THE ZEFIR 2 WERE BUILT, FLYING IN THE 1960 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT KÖLN IN GERMANY TO GAIN SECOND, PILOTED BY EDWARD MACULA, AND THIRD, PILOTED BY JERZY POPIEL, PLACES IN THE OPEN CLASS. WITH SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE SZD-19-2 ZEFIR 2 WAS REFINED WITH NEW STABILISERS AND LANDING GEAR TO BECOME THE SZD-19-2 ZEFIR 2A, FLYING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1962, IN TIME FOR THE 1963 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, HELD IN ARGENTINA, WHERE MAKULA AND POPIEL TOOK FIRST AND SECOND PLACES. AS A RESULT OF THESE SUCCESSES, DEMAND FOR THE SZD-19-2 WAS SIGNIFICANT WITH 14 ZEFIR 2A'S BUILT (ACCORDING TO SOME SOURCES, 20, MOSTLY FOR EXPORT). SOME ZEFIR 2A'S WERE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE A BRAKING PARACHUTE, RESULTING IN THE 'ZEFIR 2B'. SEVERAL RECORDS WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE ZEFIR 2A/B'S, INCLUDING; A GOAL FLIGHT DISTANCE OF 714KM (443 MILES) AND A 100KM (62 MILES) CLOSED TRIANGLE SPEED RECORD OF 102KM/H (63.4 MPH). THIS NICE KIT CONTAINS OVER A DOZEN OF FINELY DETAILED WHITE PLASTIC PARTS, ONE TRANSPARENT PART (CANOPY), CLEAR ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTION AND DECALS FOR POLISH AEROCLUB OPTION. KIT FACTORY SEALED. 

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