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    Stanisław Wigura (9 April 1901 – 11 September 1932) was a Polish aircraft designer and aviator, co-founder of the RWD aircraft construction team and lecturer...
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  • Wigura is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karolina Wigura (born 1980), Polish sociologist and journalist Stanisław Wigura (1901–1932)...
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  • and 1939. It started as a team of three young designers, Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki, whose names formed the RWD acronym...
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    August 11–28, 1932, was eventually won by Franciszek Żwirko (pilot) and Stanisław Wigura (mechanic) in their RWD 6 SP-AHN, with a start number O6. The other...
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  • 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875) 1932 – Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)...
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    Warsaw designed by Edward Wittig in honor of Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, two aviation heroes of Poland. It is a reconstruction of the original...
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    1932) was a prominent Polish sport and military aviator. Along with Stanisław Wigura, he won the international air contest Challenge 1932. He was born in...
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    Challenge International de Tourisme was won by Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, both of whom died in a plane crash in the same year. Three weeks after...
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  • Walentynowicz (1896–1967) – architect, graphic designer and comic book pioneer Stanisław Wigura (1903–1933) – aircraft designer and aviator Tomasz Wiktorowski (born...
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    the RWD team. The RWD 7 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in Warsaw. It was based upon their earlier...
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    the Atlantic. The RWD 5 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki (their designs were named RWD after...
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    Wierzyński (1894–1969), poet and writer Stanisław Wigura (1901–1932), aircraft designer and aviator Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869–1953), president of...
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    basic trainer aircraft. It was designed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki. The first prototype (registration SP-AKL)...
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  • modern Europe Karol Estreicher (senior), father of Polish Bibliography Stanisław Estreicher Tadeusz Estreicher Józef Feldman Mieczysław Gębarowicz, art...
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    the RWD team. The RWD 4 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in Warsaw. It was based upon their earlier...
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    the RWD team. The RWD 2 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in the Aviation Section of Mechanic...
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  • and F-16 Sheila Widnall (born 1938) – fluid mechanics researcher Stanisław Wigura (1901–1932) Geoff Wilde (1917–2007) – Rolls-Royce engine designer Heather...
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    The Rogalski and Wigura R.W.1 was designed and built by a pair of students at Warsaw Technical University in 1927. The single example was a two-seat parasol-wing...
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  • winners were the Polish crew: pilot Franciszek Żwirko and mechanic Stanisław Wigura, with 461 points. Their success was not only a result of their aviation...
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    obsolete. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zygmunt Puławski. Stanisław Wigura Jerzy Drzewiecki Jerzy Dąbrowski Kazimierz Pułaski (not to confuse...
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    1 was the first aircraft constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in the Aviation Section of Mechanic...
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  • 1932 takes place in Berlin. The Polish crew of Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura win it in the RWD-6 plane. August 14–23 – Frances Mersalis and Louise...
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  • Model 81 Catbird Rutan Model 89 Rutan Model 202 Boomerang (Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki – up to 1933 then manufactured by DWL...
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    Manufacturer Doświadczalne Warsztaty Lotnicze Designer Stanisław Rogalski, Jerzy Drzewiecki and Stanisław Wigura First flight February 1936 Number built 1...
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    the Skies), (1961) - biographical novel about Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura Kościuszko" jeździ po Milwaukee (Kościuszko Travels the Milwaukee)...
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  • Type of aircraft National origin Poland Manufacturer RWD (Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki) Designer Leszek Dulęba and Andrzej...
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    the Pilots (Polish: Żwirkowisko) is a monument to Polish aviators Stanisław Wigura and Franciszek Żwirko, winners of the most prestigious aviation competition...
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    monoplane. The RWD 3 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in Warsaw. Since their earlier design...
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