Margański & Mysłowski
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Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze (Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works) is a Polish small aircraft and glider manufacturer, located in Bielsko-Biała. It designs and manufactures unlimited category aerobatic gliders and powered aircrafts, wind turbines and composite structures.[1]
The company takes beginning from Zakład Remontów i Produkcji Sprzętu Lotniczego (ZRiPS, Aviation Equipment Repair and Production Works), created in 1986 by Edward Margański, which was the first privately-owned aviation works in communist Poland after World War II. At first it repaired gliders. In the 1990s it undertook own design works and designed successful gliders for Swift Ltd. and MDM Ltd. Main designer was Edward Margański. In 2001 the company started works upon utility and trainer aircraft of composite construction and was converted into E. Margański i Wspólnicy (E. Margański & Partners) limited partnership. In 2005 it was converted into limited liability company Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o.
[edit] Designs
- Swift S-1 (single-seat aerobatic glider)
- MDM-1 Fox (two-seater aerobatic glider)
- Malgosia (motor Fox)[2]
- Solo-Fox (conversion of the MDM-1 Fox prototype into a single seater)[3][4]
- EM-10 Bielik (low-cost jet aeroplane for figher pilots training)
- EM-11 Orka (four-seater touring / executive aircraft)
[edit] References
- ^ Website of Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze Sp. z o. o. - accessed 2008-03-20
- ^ Margański & Mysłowski: Malgosia - accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ Margański & Mysłowski: Fox- accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ SAGA: Fox - accessed 2008-03-21