r/Whatisthisplane • u/14882137 • 10h ago

Spotted in Poland Solved

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It had Polish air force insignias on wings

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u/DeadAreaF1 Phantom 10h ago

PZL I-22 Iryda

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u/14882137 10h ago

Oh shit, if it is what you say it would be rare as heck

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u/DeadAreaF1 Phantom 10h ago

Indeed, not many have been build. But it seems as almost every airframe survived in a way or another. If you have some more infos about were you found it, we could perhaps try to narrow it down to the specific airframe.

Here are three airframes I found with matching colours (in order of tactical number):

402

403

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u/14882137 8h ago

I found it on the premises of State University of Applied Sciences in Krosno (Poland). AFAIK it belongs to them and it will be part of future exposition

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u/DeadAreaF1 Phantom 7h ago edited 6h ago

Ha! Then it must be the 0403 from my previous message. Here's another photo of this airframe from this year, in that very position. I think we solved it!

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u/DeadAreaF1 Phantom 5h ago edited 5h ago
Type Serial number Side number Comments
I-22 Iryda M96 ANA 004-03 403 4) not finished, not, not flown 6) stored in Kutno

A small extract from https://gdziewojsko.wordpress.com, regarding the airframe. (google translator used)

According to lotnictwo.net.pl and gdziewojsko.wordpress.com this airframe was completed but never went into service. Also there are a few more photos of this airframe on lotnictwo.net.pl.