The PZL Bielsko SZD-52 is a Polish single-seat standard class
sailplane
A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring). This unpowered aircraft can use naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to gain altitude. Sailplan ...
produced by
PZL Bielsko.
It is a cantilever high-wing
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
with a T-tail and has a retractable main landing gear and a fixed tailwheel.
The wings have integral water ballast tanks.
Variants
;SZD-52 Jantar 15
;SZD-52-1 Jantar 15SI
;SZD-52-2 Krokus
;SZD-52-3 Krokus S
;SZD-52-4 Krokus C
Specifications (SZD52-3)
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SZD52
1980s Polish sailplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1981
SZD aircraft