Axial propeller, (with most likely replicated decals, Fokker Dr. I Gatow - Berlin Gatow Luftwaffe Museum, Photo: M. Peikert
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Heiduk, Austro-Hungary
HEIDUK was one of about 6 airscrew manufacturers acting in Austro-Hungary.The Carpentry Center of Matthias Heiduk was located in Viena, Arndtstrasse 39. Heiduk in Poland. In 1918 Poland Inherited aircraft from 3 ocupants, and Austro Hungary Empire was one of them. In...
OEFFAG C II
WWS Samolot, Le Rhone
About the propeller. The propeller was produced by Polish factory WWS Samolot in Poznań. The propeller was donated to MLP Cracow, currently out of official exhibition (year 2015). Production date is estimated . Construction. The propeller lamination consists of five...
RWD-5 bis view
Propeller of RWD-5 bis SP-AJU aircraft. Picture taken in Brasil, Kuritiba in 1933 Picture via Roman Postek, many thanks!
RWD-5 view
Propeller of the RWD-5 SP-AJU aircraft. The famous for South Atlantic flight, Stanisław Skarżyński's plane was not equipped, like most of RWD-5s with Szomański propeller. On available photographs it was clear that propeller was not covered with Tonkilaque coating. It...
RWD-6 view
RWD-6 aircraft. Picture via Roman Postek, many thanks!
Szomański, PZL P.11c
About the propeller. The propeller was produced by Włodzimierz Szomański's factory, Warsaw. It belongs to the only existing PZL P.11c fighter aircraft owned by Museum of Polish Aviation at Kraków. The propeller is covered with characteristic black Tonkilaque coating....
Plage Laśkiewicz, Potez XXV? propeller
About the propeller. The propeller was produced most likely by Polish factory Plage Laśkiewicz in Lublinie. Right now, bared of all markings. In private ownersip, central Poland (2012). Construction. The propeller lamination consists of 10 ash plies. The outboard...
Klemm L25
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I plane, Royal Airforce Museum, London - Hendon 2014. Photo: M.Peikert,
Dowty Rotol blade of Hawker Hurricane MK. I, II, IV
About propeller. The propeller was - quite probably - produced at one of the Dowty Rotol dispersal factories near Manchester in September 1942.In mid 70ties the blade was purchased at Duxford by an aviation enthusiast from Orpington, UK. Found its way to another...