| Zlín XIII | |
|---|---|
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| In two seat configuration | |
| Role | Racing aircraft Type of aircraft |
| National origin | Czechoslovakia |
| Manufacturer | Zlínská letecká společnost, a. s. (Zlín) |
| Designer | Jaroslav Lonek |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Status | Museum |
| Number built | 1 |
TheZlín XIII was a fast single or two seat aircraft, designed and built inCzechoslovakia in the late 1930s. Its development was ended by the disruption of Czechoslovakia in the approach toWorld War II.
The Zlín XIII was a very aerodynamically clean, low-powered, all woodmonoplane with a one-piece,low set, tapered wing equipped withflaps. It was powered by a 97 kW (130 hp)Walter Minor four cylinderinverted engine, driving a two blade propeller and with a fixed,faired tailwheelundercarriage. The enclosedcockpit placed the pilot well behind the wingtrailing edge with a passenger seat ahead of him; a change ofcanopy to a shorter version, together with a forward fairing, removed the forward seat. This versatility was intended to allow the type XIII to operate as either a high speed executive transport or as a single seat competition aircraft.[1][2][3]
The Zlín XIII was displayed as a two seater at the 10thPrague Aero Show in July 1937, having made its first flight earlier in the year.[1] It was entered into theFrenchCircuit de l'Est race, but arrived late too late to compete. TheGerman annexation of theSudetenland in 1938, and the subsequent fragmentation of Czechoslovakia ended development and prevented production, so only the prototype was built.[3]
Data fromNational Technical Museum (Prague)[2]
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