| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | SP-FGA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Gorszczynski Croses EC-3 Pouplume |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Gorszczynski Croses EC-3 Pouplume |
| Aircraft Version: | Gorszczynski Croses EC-3 Pouplume |
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| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kraków - Rakowice-Czyzyny (closed)Map |
| Country: | Poland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EPKC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego |
| Photo Date: | 23 May 2023 |
| Photo by: | WalAndPl |
| Photo ID: | 590947 |
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In 1970, Józef Gorszczyński started building, based on French documentation, an amateur aircraft Croses EC-3 Pouplume. Undertaking such a construction in Poland at that time was an incredible challenge. The airplane was completed in 1975 and the first flight with the engine took place in 1977. The aircraft was registered in 1978 as SP-0023, then in 1984 as SP-FGA. Pouplume is a very unusual plane and it has unusual controls - it has no elevator (it is controlled by deflecting up or down one of the wings) and ailerons (it is not possible to directly control the tilt of the plane). This photo is copyright © WalAndPl, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 2 August 2023, and has since been viewed 437 times. |