Lublin R-IX

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the aircraft designation?Lublin R-IX
2. What is the manufacturer and location?Plage & Laskiewicz, Lublin, Poland
3. How many people could the Lublin R-IX carry?It could carry up to 10 passengers along with a crew of two.
4. Why did Poland build the Lublin R-IX?Poland built it to show its engineering skill and to help people travel and send mail where there were no airports.

Amphibious Aviation: Aircraft capable of operating from both land and water surfaces.
Interwar Period: The time between the end of World War I (1918) and the beginning of World War II (1939).
Monoplane: An airplane characterized by a single set of wings.
Displacement Hull: A boat hull that relies on buoyancy to float, displacing water equal to its weight.