The PZL M-15 was a jet-powered sesquiplane designed and manufactured by the Polish aircraft company WSK PZL-Mielec for agricultural aviation. In reference to both its strange looks and relatively loud jet engine, the aircraft was nicknamed Belphegor, after the noisy demon.

The M15 half-track, officially designated M15 Combination Gun Motor Carriage, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on a half-track chassis used by the United States Army during World War II. It was equipped with one 37 millimeter (1.5 in) M1 autocannon and two water-cooled .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning heavy machine guns.

2023年4月30日 · The first Polish test aircraft for the M-15 program, dubbed Lala-1, used the forward section of a PZL-produced An-2R. In contrast, the twin-boom rear section was custom fabricated to...

2023年12月5日 · The PZL M-15, named after a mythical demon, was a strange-looking aircraft designed by Polish engineers to replace the Soviet Union's crop-dusting plane. The M-15 incorporated the latest technology, including a jet engine, but was criticized for being more expensive, heavier, and having half the range of its predecessor, the An-2.

2024年3月3日 · Designed by Polish aircraft manufacturer WSK PZL Mielec, the M-15 was developed in the early 1970s as the Soviet Union began the search to replace the widely-used single-engine Antonov An-2, specifically for aerial application. The Soviets aimed for a more modern aircraft suitable for their extensive collection of state-owned agriculture.

The PLZ M-15 Belphegor aircraft has the following characteristics:: Length 12.72 m, wingspan 22.33 m, height 5.34 m, wing area 67.5 m2. Empty weight 3090 kg, maximum take-off weight 5650 kg. Maximum speed 220 km / h, chemical spray speed 140-165 km/h, flight range 400 km. The AI-25 twin-circuit turbojet engine produced 1,400 kg of thrust.

The M-15 is an all-metal, semimonocoque, twin-tail-boom sesquiplane aircraft designed exclusively for agricultural support operations involving slow low-level flight. It is powered by a single Al-25 bypass turbojet engine used in the Yak-40 aircraft.

The PZL M-15 Belfegor was an agricultural aircraft developed and produced in Poland on the recommendation and for the needs of the CCCP. The M-15 aircraft was the only agricultural aircraft in the world powered by a turbojet engine, which is …

Following an agreement between the Polish and Soviet governments for the design and production of a new large agricultural aircraft, allocated the designation P.Z.L. Mielec M-15, design of this aircraft was initiated in late 1971 and the initial LLP-M15 prototype made its first flight on 30 May 1973.

2017年3月30日 · The M-15 would be a biplane to produce enough lift, and, to protect the intake of the engine from debris, the engine would ride on top of the fuselage. In essence, the M-15 would take a common Soviet jet engine, and build a crop dusting plane around it in the hope that it would end up working better than the AN-2. Making a Demon