Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze (Central Aviation Workshops, CWL) was the
Polish state-owned aircraft repair works and manufacturer in
Warsaw, active between 1918 and 1928. The workshops were created on 20 November 1918, just after Poland had regained independence after World War I and Warsaw was liberated from German occupation.
[Glass A. (1977), pp.25-26.] They were located in Warsaw at the fringe of the airport in
Mokotów at 2a
Puławska Street. Initially its main task were repairs of engines and aircraft. It also produced aircraft under French licence in the 1920s:
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Hanriot HD.14
The Hanriot HD.14 was a military trainer aircraft produced in large numbers in France during the 1920s. It was a conventional, two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the ...
(as H-28, 125 built in 1925-1926).
[Morgała, Andrzej (2003) (in Polish). ''Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1924-1939''. Warsaw: Bellona. , p.211]
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SPAD 61
Some aircraft were designed by engineers working for CWL, but none entered production.
Selected aircraft designed in CWL:
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CWL WZ.X
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D1 Cykacz
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ST-3
In early 1920s, CWL was renamed ''Warsztaty Centralnych Zakładów Lotniczych'' (Workshops of the Central Aviation Works).
[ In 1928 CWL transformed into PZL (State Aviation Works), soon to become the biggest Polish aircraft manufacturer.][
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References
*Andrzej Glass (1977): "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" (''Polish aviation constructions 1893-1939''), WKiŁ, Warsaw
Aircraft manufacturers of Poland
Manufacturing companies based in Warsaw
Mokotów
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