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PZL M26 Iskierka is a trainer aircraft originating in Poland. It was built by PZL Mielec. Reported operators include US civilian aviation Poland Venezuela.
PolandTrainer aircraft
PZL Mielec
in production
US civilian aviation Poland Venezuela
9
July 15, 1986
2
8.295 m (27 ft 3 in)
8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
14 m 2 (150 sq ft)
5.3
NACA65 2 -415
1,040 kg (2,293 lb)
1,315 kg (2,899 lb) Aerobatic mission; 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) Utility mission
369 L (97 US gal; 81 imp gal) in four wing tanks; Oil capacity 18 L (4.8 US gal; 4.0 imp gal)
1 × Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 6-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 224 kW (300 hp)
3-bladed Hoffman HO-V123K-V/200AH-10 OR Hartzell HC-C3YR-4BF, 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) diameter constant-speed propeller
330 km/h (210 mph, 180 kn) Aerobatic mission; 321 km/h (199 mph; 173 kn) Utility mission
395 km/h (245 mph, 213 kn) Aerobatic mission; 371 km/h (231 mph; 200 kn) Utility mission
1,410 km (880 mi, 760 nmi) 30 min reserve fuel
+6 / -3 Aerobatic mission; +4.4 / -1.76 Utility mission at Max take-off weight
7.5 m/s (1,480 ft/min) Aerobatic mission; 6 m/s (20 ft/s) Utility mission
93.9 kg/m 2 (19.2 lb/sq ft) Aerobatic mission; 100 kg/m 2 (20 lb/sq ft) Utility mission
5.88 kg/kW (9.66 lb/hp) Aerobatic mission; 6.26 kg/kW (10.29 lb/hp) Utility mission
Poland
United States
Venezuela
PZL M26 Iskierka (English: Sparklet, Sparkle, Little Spark ) or M26 Airwolf is a Polish trainer and aerobatic aircraft, designed at WSK PZL-Mielec (later PZL Mielec).
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PZL M26 Iskierka equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Poland
United States
VenezuelaNational Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion) exact named PLZ M26 Isquierka equipment holdings under AIRCRAFT, TRG. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. This is the named service only, not a national or parent-force total, factory production, ordered future units or combat-readiness measure. Weapons per vessel, crews, payloads and capacity counts are excluded. The PDF spelling PLZ M26 Isquierka is preserved exactly. Own PZLM26 Iskierka is the explicit trainer aircraft and names delivery to the same Venezuelan NationalGuard; the dated PDF is the quantity source, not the1998 delivery batch. Same-number Puma vehicles and105mm artillery are excluded.