The EADS PZL PZL-112 Junior is a Polish single engine, two-seat
trainer built by
PZL Warszawa-Okecie.
Development and design
The PZL-112 Junior was designed by
PZL Warszawa-Okecie in collaboration with the Warsaw University of Technology as a low-cost trainer for Polish flying clubs. It was originally known as the Koliber Junior as it used some components from the PZL-110 Koliber.
The Junior is a metal low-wing cantilever
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 wings.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...
with a swept back vertical tail and a small ventral fin.
It has a fixed
tricycle landing gear
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and is powered by a nose-mounted
Lycoming O-235-L2C flat-four piston engine driving a two-bladed propeller.
It has two
side-by-side configuration
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seats in an enclosed cabin with a gull-wing canopy.
Construction of the prototype was started in 1997 and it first flew on 17 Jun 2000.
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