page_title: RWD 9
section_title: Usage
hierarchical_section_title: RWD 9 / Usage
caption_attribution_description: English: Opening ceremony of the FAI International Touring Aircraft Contest en:Challenge 1934 in Warsaw. On the left: Polish team (high-wing RWD-9 and low-wing PZL.26 aircraft), in the middle: Chechoslovak team (one RWD-9 and two low-wing Aero A.200), on the right - German team (Bf 108, Klemm Kl 36, Fieseler Fi 97). The Italian time had not arrived yet. Polski: Ceremonia otwarcia Międzynarodowych Zawodów Samolotów Turystycznych Challenge 1934. Po lewej: zespół polski (samoloty RWD-9 i PZL.26), po środku: zespół czechosłowacki (samolot RWD-9 oraz dwa Aero A.200), po prawej: zespół niemiecki (Bf 108, Klemm Kl 36, Fieseler Fi 97). Zespół włoski jeszcze nie dotarł. Ulica widoczna na zdjęciu wybudowana została według projektu Antoniego Jawornickiego jako droga szybkiego ruchu łącząca Port Lotniczy Warszawa I z dawnym Lotniskiem Mokotowskim na Polu Mokotowskim. Jej budowa związana była z zawodami lotniczymi Challenge 1934, ostatecznie wygranymi przez Polaków – Jerzego Bajana i Gustawa Pokrzywkę.
context_page_description: The RWD 9 was a Polish sports plane of 1934, constructed by the RWD team.
context_section_description: Six RWD 9s were used by the Polish Challenge team, while the remaining two were ordered by the Czechoslovak team (OK-AMC, -AMD). The Czechoslovak OK-AMC was crashed during trainings, and had not been repaired before the contest.
  In the Challenge 1934, held between August 28-September 16, 1934, Polish RWD 9S took the first (pilot Jerzy Bajan, SP-DRD) and second places (pilot Stanisław Płonczyński, SP-DRC). They won among others against German low-wing monoplanes Messerschmitt Bf 108 and Fieseler Fi 97. Polish RWD 9 took also the 7th and 15th places, and the Czechoslovak OK-AMD took the 8th place (pilot Jan Anderle).
  After the Challenge, RWD 9 were used by the sporting aviation. In 1935 two of them (SP-DRA, -DRB) were sold to Spain, and the third SP-DRE to French institute CEMA (Centre d'Essais de Matériels Aériens, Aerial Equipments Test Center), in Villacoublay (markings: F-AKHE). On July 16, 1936, RWD 9 SP-DRC crashed to the Baltic sea due to low flying, killing crew,  with Polish General Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer aboard. The remaining two Polish RWD 9s were used in Polish Aero Club (SP-DRF was crashed later).
  The Spanish aircraft were used as liaison aircraft on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
caption: The opening ceremony, from the left: Polish team, three-aircraft Czechoslovak team, German team. The Italian team had not arrived yet.
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