| IS-B Komar | |
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| Role | Glider |
| National origin | Poland |
| Manufacturer | Jeżów Glider Workshop |
| Designer | Antoniego Kocjana & Marian Wasilewski |
| First flight | 16 January 1949 |
| Number built | 23 |
| Developed from | Kocjan Komar-bis |
The IS-B Komar (Instytut Szybownictwa – gliding institute) was a single-seat glider designed and built in Poland from 1947.
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During the 1930s Antoni Kocjan designed and built the Kocjan Komar (gnat) series of gliders, with 67 built in Poland and licenced production in several countries, before the start of World War II. After the war Marian Wasilewski, at the gliding institute, resurrected the design with improvements, resulting in the IS-B Komar, (sometimes mis-identified as the IS-8 Komar or vice versa), which flew in January 1948 and enterred production in that year with five "IS-B Komar 48" gliders built. Production continued in 1949, as the IS-B Komar 49, with 23 built. The IS-B was constructed primarily of wood with a plywood covered fuselage and fabric covered high set strutted wings. On 19–20 October 1949, Stanisław Wielgus, flying "Komar 48" SP-732, established a world record for duration, with a flight lasting 35 hrs 14 min. The "IS-B Komar" gliders continued flying with clubs up to the mid-1960s and several are preserved in museums or restored to airworthy status.
Data from http://www.piotrp.de/SZYBOWCE/pis8.htm
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