PZL.19

PZL-19
PZL.19 SP-AHI
Role	Sports plane
Manufacturer	PZL
First flight	May 1932
Introduction	1932
Retired	1935
Primary user	Polish civilian aviation
Produced	1932
Number built	3

PZL.19 was a Polish sports plane built in 1932 in the PZL works. Ordered by the Ministry of Communications, it was specifically designed for the upcoming Challenge 1932 contest held that year in Germany.

The PZL.19 was designed by Jerzy Dąbrowski and Franciszek Misztal in 1931. The plane was of a modern construction, an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane with a fixed landing gear and a closed canopy. The crew of two sat in tandem, there also could be fitted one passenger seat behind. It was powered by a 120 hp de Havilland Gipsy III straight engine. Three aircraft were built in 1932, the first was flown in May 1932 by Bolesław Orliński. They carried registration SP-AHH, SP-AHI and SP-AHK.

After the Challenge and air meeting in Czechoslovakia all three planes were modified in winter 1932/1933 by addition of fuselage 140l fuel tanks, what increased range to 2000 km. In mid-1933 the SP-AHH was modified to carry 657l fuel, increasing range to some 5000 km, and the engine was replaced with a stronger 130 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major I (the SP-AHI also was given this engine).

PZL.19 is a metal construction low-wing monoplane, conventional in layout. Fuselage is a steel frame covered with duralumin in front and canvas at the rear. Trapezoid three-part wing with elliptical ends, covered with duralumin, folding rearwards. Its wings were built around light closed profiles instead of spars and were fitted with automatic slats and slotted flaps. The cab had three seats in tandem, under a common multi-part canopy, with double controls for the first two crew. It featured fixed landing gear with a rear skid, main wheels in massive covers. Its propellor was a two-blade metal design with variable pitch. Its fuel tanks were in wings and had a capacity of 140 l. The number and capacity of fuel tanks were later increased.

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