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PZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, and a brand of their aircraft. Based in Warsaw between 1928 and 1939, PZL introduced a variety of well-regarded aircraft, most notably the PZL P.11 fighter, the PZL.23 Karaś light bomber, and the PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL.37 Łoś</span> Type of aircraft

The PZL.37 Łoś (moose) was a Polish twin-engined medium bomber designed and manufactured by national aircraft company PZL. It is also known as "PZL P-37" or "PZL P.37", but the letter "P" was generally reserved for fighters of Zygmunt Puławski's design.

The LWS-6 Żubr was a twin-engined medium bomber designed and produced by the Polish aircraft manufacturer LWS. It was only produced in limited numbers and was used for training purposes as it proved to be inferior to the contemporary PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL Mielec</span> Polish aerospace manufacturer

<span class="mw-page-title-main">3Xtrim Aircraft Factory</span> Polish aircraft manufacturer

The 3Xtrim Aircraft Factory, or Zakłady Lotnicze 3Xtrim Sp.z o.o.in Polish, was an aircraft manufacturer located in the city of Bielsko-Biała, in southern Poland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zygmunt Puławski</span> Polish aircraft designer and pilot

Zygmunt Puławski was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "Puławski wing" and designed a series of Polish PZL fighters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Państwowe Zakłady Inżynierii</span>

The Państwowe Zakłady Inżynierii was a Polish pre-World War II arms industry holding and the main Polish manufacturer of vehicles, both military and civilian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Margański & Mysłowski</span> Polish aircraft and glider manufacturer

Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze is a Polish aircraft and glider manufacturer, located in Bielsko-Biała. It designs and manufactures unlimited category aerobatic gliders and powered aircraft, wind turbines and composite structures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL-230 Skorpion</span> Polish ground-attack aircraft project

The PZL-230 Skorpion (scorpion) was a proposed Polish low-cost attack aircraft. It was being developed by Polish manufacturer PZL Warszawa-Okecie in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL M-20 Mewa</span> Type of aircraft

The PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa is a licence-built version of the Piper PA-34 Seneca II manufactured in Poland by WSK PZL Mielec in a limited series from the 1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów</span> Polish aerospace manufacturer

Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów was a Polish aerospace manufacturer between 1923 and 1939, located in Biała Podlaska.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL.44 Wicher</span> Polish airliner prototype

The PZL.44 Wicher (gale) was a prototype of 14-seat, twin-engine Polish airliner, built in the Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL) in 1938. It was to compete with the DC-2 and Lockheed Super Electra.

Lotnicze Warsztaty Doświadczalne (LWD) was the Polish aerospace manufacturer and construction bureau, located in Łódź, active between 1945 and 1950. The name meant Aircraft Experimental Workshops. It was the first Polish post-war aerospace construction bureau.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL.12</span> Type of aircraft

PZL.12 (PZL-H) was a prototype of a Polish amphibious flying boat designed and built in 1931 by Zygmunt Puławski, a pioneering Polish designer. He was killed in a crash involving this design.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL Ł.2</span> Type of aircraft

The PZL Ł.2 was a Polish Army cooperation and liaison aircraft, built in 1929 in the Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL) in Warsaw. Only a small series of 31 aircraft, including prototype, were made, and used by the Polish Air Force in the 1930s. The aircraft was known in Poland for accomplishing of a long-distance tour around Africa in 1931.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PZL-Świdnik</span> Aircraft manufacturer in Poland

PZL-Świdnik S.A. is the biggest helicopter manufacturer in Poland. Its main products are PZL W-3 Sokół and PZL SW-4 Puszczyk helicopters. In early 2010 the factory was acquired by AgustaWestland, today Leonardo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny</span> Polish glider design and research centre

Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny (SZD), Glider Experimental Works was a glider design and research centre of the Polish aerospace industry after World War II, located in Bielsko-Biała. Through its history it underwent many organizational and name changes, among others in 1946-1948 it was Instytut Szybownictwa. After 1969 it existed under other names, but an abbreviation SZD continued to be used on designs. The SZD gliders themselves were produced in the production centre in Bielsko-Biała, organized around the SZD, and by several other works of the state aerospace industry and didn't bear specific manufacturer's names.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Polish Armaments Group</span> Polish defence company

The Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa is a holding company established by the Polish government to unite Polish state owned defence industry companies. The headquarters of this group is in Radom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Air ambulances in Poland</span>

The Polish Medical Air Rescue is an air ambulance service providing Poland with helicopter emergency medical services within the State Medical Rescue, publicly funded system of urgent medical care and aerial patient transfer services that can be requested by any health care provider.