PWS 24T

Designed to seat six passengers and crew, the PWS-24T was operated by LOT Polish airline on the feeder route from Warsaw to Posan.

First flown in 1931, the PWS-24T was initially powered by a 220 hp Skoda-Wright Whirlwind. Experience showed the Whirlwind-PWS 24T was under-powered and the engine was replaced by the 420 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior.

Performance was improved to give a cruising speed of 110 mph and maximum speed of 139.5 mph, for an AUW of 4800 lb. Service ceiling was 11,400 fpm.

Some PWS-24T retained the lower power Whirlwind and served as crew trainers and for aerial mapping duties undertaken by LOT on behalf of the Government.

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