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TS-8 Bies

Country of Origin: Poland

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The TS-8 Bies ("Daredevil" in Polish) was a Polish-made trainer. It is no longer in service.

The configuration of the TS-8 was quite distinctive, akin to aircraft of World War II vintage. It featured a gull wing with considerable trailing edge taper set low and well forward of the fuselage midpoint, a nose-mounted radial piston engine with two-bladed propeller, tandem barrel cockpit, and single tailfin with tailplane set midway up the tailfin. Landing gear was a retractable...

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