Helicopters built in Poland


Lipkowski Lipkowski's Helicopter

1905

Jozef Lipkowski, a Polish engineer and inventor working in France and Russia, designed a huge ...

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During 1905-07 Tanski concentrated on the developĀ¬ment of a helicopter. After tests with models, which ...

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Tanski's Helicopter

1907

Tanski

PZL Swidnik BZ-1 "Gil" PZL Swidnik BZ-1 "Gil"

1950

This orthodox helicopter had a two-bladed rotor mounted on a universal joint, and a small ...

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Single-seat open frame ultra-light helicopter with two rotor-tip mounted Wojcicki pulse-jets. Prot. FF 28 June ...

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PZL Swidnik JK-1 "Trzmiel"

1957

PZL Swidnik JK-1 "Trzmiel"

PZL Swidnik BZ-4 "Zuk" PZL Swidnik BZ-4 "Zuk"

1959

First displayed in the Polish Aviation Day Exhibition in August, 1956, the first prototype of ...

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The SM-2, a Polish development of the basic design was flown late in 1959. This ...

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PZL Swidnik SM-2

1959

PZL Swidnik SM-2

PZL Swidnik SM-4 Latka PZL Swidnik SM-4 Latka

1962

Three-seat helicopter with enclosed cabin, open-frame rear fuselage, skid u/c, GRP main rotor and one ...

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In the late 1970s, P.Z.L. Swidnik, in conjunction with the Allison Division of General Motors ...

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PZL Swidnik "Kania"

1979

PZL Swidnik "Kania"

PZL Swidnik W-3 "Sokol" PZL Swidnik W-3 "Sokol"

1979

Designed in the mid-1970s and evolved from the Mi-2/Kania series of rotorcraft, which it strongly ...

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4/5 seat civil helicopter of conventional streamlined appearance with all-metal monocoque fuselage, single three-blade main ...

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PZL Swidnik SW-4

1995

PZL Swidnik SW-4

Zurakowski ZR.1 Zurakowski ZR.1

19??

A homebuilt helicopter made in Poland. Not flown. Preserved in Newark Aircraft Museum, England ...

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