The PZL.23 Karaś (crucian carp) was a Polish light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed in the mid-1930s by PZL in Warsaw. During the interwar period, the Polish High Command had placed considerable emphasis upon the role of armed aerial reconnaissance aircraft.

Piaggio designed the P.23R specifically to break speed records for commercial transport aircraft. It was a three-engine low- wing cantilever monoplane with twin tail fins and rudders.

Oct 16, 2017 · The Piaggio P.23 was a prototype plane that set record-breaking speeds and was planned for flights over the Atlantic Ocean. However, the modified Piaggio P.23R was intended to be a fast bomber but never really got off the ground due to issues with power plants.

PZL P.23 Karas (crucian carp) was developed in the early 1930s in response to the Polish Air Force's need to replace its ageing biplane Potez 25 and Potez 27 light bomber/reconnaissance aircraft.

Sep 24, 2020 · Classified as light bomber, the P.23 also undertook reconnaissance sorties as required. Hardly a fighter with very little in the way to defend itself as a light bomber, the aircraft was better reserved to the non-combat reconnaissance role.

PZL decided that it could develop the new bomber from its earlier R13, a high performance six-passenger light transport monoplane powered by a 420hp Pratt 8t Whitney Wasp. Designed by Stanislaw Prauss, this lightplane had been abandoned when at …

Following evaluation of the design by the Department of Aeronautics, P.Z.L. was instructed to build three prototypes and the first, powered by a 440kW Bristol Pegasus IIM2, was flown for the first time in August 1934. This aircraft had the designation P.23/I and name Karas (crucian carp), but testing soon revealed a number of shortcomings.

The all-metal PZL.23 Karaś ("Crucian Carp") light bombers were originally designed by Stanisław Prauss to replace older models employed by the Polish Air Force. The third prototype that flew in 1935, with a raised pilot's seat and lowered engines …

Sep 14, 2021 · In 1931 the Polish Department of Aeronautics issued a requirement for a new armed reconnaissance and army support aircraft, to replace the mix of Potez XXVs, Potez XXVIIs and Breguet XIXs being used as ‘liniowe’ or ‘front-line type’ aircraft.

Panstwowe PZL P23 During 1931 P.Z.L. had designed a six-passenger single-engine light transport, the P.Z.L. P.13, for service with LOT, but as it had no appeal to the airline its development was abandoned.