PZL Mielec
PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa
PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa (Polish: Gull)
Role Utility aircraft
Manufacturer PZL-Mielec
Designer WSK PZL Mielec
First flight 25 July 1979
Primary user Polish Air Ambulance Service
Number built 33
Developed from Piper PA-34 Seneca
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History WSK "PZL-Mielec
PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa (Polish: Gull)
The PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa (Polish: Gull) is a licence-built version of the Piper PA-34 Seneca II manufactured in Poland by WSK PZL Mielec in a limited series from the 1980s.
A licence to build the PA-34-200T was purchased in 1978, when WSK-Mielec started to co-operate with Western manufacturers. The Polish aircraft were to be fitted with 164 kW (220 hp) PZL-Franklin F6A-350 engines. The first Mewa, partly assembled from US-delivered parts, flew on 25 July 1979. However, the Polish communist authorities were reluctant to produce civil aircraft of this class as there was no civil aircraft free market in Poland at that time. As a result, the second prototype, built in Poland, was not flown until 1982 and the third M-20 02, being the basis for serial production, on10 October 10, 1985. In 1988, an air ambulance version M-20 03 was developed, with Teledyne Continental TSIO/LTSIO-360-KB engines.
Operational history
Four M-20s were used by the Polish Air Ambulance Service. As of 2006, there were still 14 M-20s on the Polish civilian registry. One is used by the Polish Border Guard.
Operators
- Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (Polish: Air Ambulance Service) operated 4 aircraft till 2009. They were replaced by two Piaggio P.180 Avanti.
- Polish Border Guard received 1 aircraft.
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PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa (Polish: Gull)
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PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa (Polish: Gull)
General Info
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- Crew: 1 or 2
- Capacity: 4 or 5 pax + optional seventh seat
- Length: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 11.86 m (38 ft 11 in)
- Height: 3.02 m (9 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 19.18 m2 (206.5 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 1,290 kg (2,844 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,810 kg (3,990 lb) (Max zero fuel weight)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,070 kg (4,564 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 371 L (98 US gal; 82 imp gal) in four wing leading edge tanks + optional 113.5 L (30.0 US gal; 25.0 imp gal) in two auxiliary wing leading edge tanks
- Powerplant: 1 × PZL-F 6A-350C1L 6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 153 kW
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- Powerplant: 1 × PZL-F 6A-350C1R 6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, (205 hp)
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Performance
- Maximum speed: 275 km/h (171 mph, 148 kn) at 1,500 m (4,921 ft)
- Cruise speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn) at 1,500 m (4,921 ft)
- Stall speed: 108 km/h (67 mph, 58 kn) flaps down
- Never exceed speed: 360 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn)
- Range: 550 km (340 mi, 300 nmi) with 45 minutes reserve
- Ferry range: 1,360 km (850 mi, 730 nmi) with auxiliary fuel, 45 minutes reserve
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 6.4 m/s (1,260 ft/min)
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Links to Youtube & Others
The Seneca was developed as a twin-engined version of the Piper Cherokee Six. The prototype was a Cherokee Six that had wing-mounted engines installed, retaining its nose engine.
PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa (Polish: Gull)
The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft.
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Recorded Nov. 14th 2009, I had the opportunity to fly with Dr. Wayne Clark in his PZL-WSK-Mielec TS-11 ISKRA JET
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