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Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze (DWL) (''Experimental Aeronautical Workshops'') was the
The RWD construction team was organized of students of
DWL operated as the factory of RWD. As such, once testing was completed and design was finalized by the latter, it would be passed to the former for mass production.
RWD / Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze – Samoloty w Lotinctwie Polskim
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Polish
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aircraft manufacturer
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, active in 1933-1939. It was a home of the RWD construction team and manufactured aircraft under a brand RWD.
History
The RWD construction team was organized of students of Warsaw University of Technology
The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...
around 1928. They built their first designs in workshops of the Aviation Section of Students' Mechanical Club, in University buildings. In 1930 the workshops moved to new buildings near Okęcie
Okęcie () is the largest neighbourhood of the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland.
It is the location of Warsaw Chopin Airport and the PZL Warszawa-Okęcie aircraft works, and home to the Okęcie Warszawa professional association football club. ...
airport in Warsaw, founded by the LOPP
Air and Chemical Defense League (Polish: ''Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej'', ''L.O.P.P.'') was a mass Poland, Polish paramilitary organization, founded in 1928 as a result of the merger of the ''State Air Defense League'' (Polish: ''Lig ...
organization. In March 1933 the workshops separated from the Aviation Section and the University, and there was created a company ''Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze'' to manufacture RWD aircraft.
Main designers were Stanisław Rogalski
Stanisław Rogalski (25 May 1904 – 6 February 1976) was a Polish aircraft designer, born in Olomouc, best known as one of the founding trio of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw. He obtained his degree at Warsaw University of ...
and Jerzy Drzewiecki
Jerzy Drzewiecki (7 August 1902 – 15 May 1990) was a Polish aeroplane constructor, an engineer and one of the founders of the RWD construction bureau, along with Rogalski and Wigura. He was born in Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), of ...
of the RWD team, other designers were Bronisław Żurakowski, Tadeusz Chylinski, Leszek Dulęba
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Individuals named Leszek celebrate their name day on June 3.
Notable people
* Lestko
* L ...
and Andrzej Anczutin
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and several engineers, including Henry Millicer
Henry K. Millicer, AM (11 June 1915 – 28 August 1996) born Henryk Kazimierz Milicer, was a Polish-Australian aircraft designer and pilot.
Early life and Second World War
Millicer was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Kazimierz Mili ...
. A company director was Jerzy Wędrychowski.
First RWD designs manufactured in the DWL were the Polish basic trainer RWD-8
The RWD 8 was a Polish parasol wing monoplane trainer aircraft produced by RWD. It was used from 1934 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force and civilian aviation.
Development
The RWD 8 was designed in response to a Polish Air Force requirement in 193 ...
and the sports plane RWD-9
The RWD 9 was a Polish sports plane of 1934, constructed by the RWD (aircraft manufacturer), RWD team.
Development
The aircraft was a further development of the RWD 6 - the winner of the ''IIIrd Challenge de Tourisme International'' Challenge 1932 ...
(the winner of Challenge 1934 The Challenge 1934 was the fourth and last FAI International Tourist Plane Contest (french: Challenge International de Tourisme), that took place between August 28 and September 16, 1934, in Warsaw, Poland. The four Challenges, from 1929 to 1934, w ...
international contest). Due to limited capabilities of DWL, only some 80 RWD-8s were made in the DWL, and about 470 licence-built in Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów
Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS) - ''Podlasie Aircraft Factory'' - was a Polish aerospace manufacturer between 1923 and 1939, located in Biała Podlaska.
History
Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów SA was created in 1923. The first aircraft prod ...
(PWS). Also, a reconnaissance plane RWD-14 Czapla
The RWD-14 Czapla (LWS Czapla) was a Polish army cooperation aircraft (observation, close reconnaissance and liaison aircraft), designed in the mid-1930s by the RWD team, and produced in the LWS factory from 1938. A series of 65 aircraft were b ...
was licence-built in Lubelska Wytwórnia Samolotów (LWS) only.
The plane manufactured in biggest number in DWL was a touring plane RWD-13
The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane of 1935, three-seater high-wing monoplane, designed by the RWD team. It was the biggest commercial success of the RWD.
Development
The RWD 13 was a touring plane, developed from a line of sports planes RWD ...
(about 100). Other important designs were the RWD-10
The RWD-10 was a Polish aerobatics sports plane, single-seat parasol wing monoplane, used from 1933 to 1939 and constructed by the RWD team.
Development
The aircraft was designed as a single-seater aerobatic sports plane that could also be used ...
aerobatic
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...
plane (1933), RWD-17
The RWD 17 was a Polish aerobatics-trainer aircraft of 1937, parasol wing monoplane, constructed by the RWD team.
Development
The aircraft was designed for an order of the LOPP paramilitary organization, as an interim trainer aircraft between pr ...
aerobatic-trainer plane (1937) and RWD-21
The RWD 16bis and RWD 21 were Polish two-seat low-wing touring and sports planes of the late 1930s, constructed by the RWD bureau, sharing the same construction, main difference of the RWD 21 being a stronger engine.
Development
The RWD 16bis w ...
light sports plane (1939). World War II
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prevented further development and serial production of later RWD designs, and put an end to the DWL workshops.
Aircraft
DWL operated as the factory of RWD. As such, once testing was completed and design was finalized by the latter, it would be passed to the former for mass production.
References
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RWD / Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze – Samoloty w Lotinctwie Polskim
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