Stanisław Rogalski (25 May 1904 – 6 February 1976) was a Polish aircraft designer, born in

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

, 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 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 ...

. During

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he became technical director at the Turk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi factory. In 1949 he moved to the United States, where he ended his career at

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as an aerodynamics expert.

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Polish aerospace engineers 1904 births 1976 deaths People from Olomouc Polish emigrants to the United States Place of birth missing Place of death missing Aircraft designers Aerodynamicists Warsaw University of Technology alumni {{Poland-bio-stub