 IStarting on 2 October 1932 he began his planned journey from Warsaw to Kabul through Istanbul, Baghdad, Teheran and Herat.He returned the same way as far as Baghdad, then flew to Cairo, Jerusalem, Aleppo and Istanbul, reaching Warsaw on 24 October via Lublin.This was a journey of , with a flight time of 108 hr 50 m.

Although the R-X never reached series production, a descendant, the Lublin R-XIII, was built in large numbers.