Stanisław_Rogalski

Stanisław Rogalski

Stanisław Rogalski

Polish aircraft designer

Stanisław Rogalski (25 May 1904 – 6 February 1976) was a Polish aircraft designer, born in Olomouc, best known as one of the founding trio of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw.[1] He obtained his degree at Warsaw University of Technology.[2] During World War II he became technical director at the Turk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi factory. In 1949 he moved to the United States, where he ended his career at Grumman as an aerodynamics expert.[3]

Polish aircraft engineer Stanislaw Rogalski

References

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    Zieliński, J. B.; Jarosiński, J.; Klos, Z.; Krawczyk, Z. (1997). "Development and Application of Aerospace Technology in Poland". Selected Papers on Space Science Education, Remote Sensing, and Small Satellites. Seminars of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications. 8: 59. Bibcode:1997UNPSA...8...59Z.
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    Bukowska, Monika (15 May 2017). "The Polish Man Who Sent a Car to the Moon". Warsaw University of Technology.
  3. [3]
    Kazimierczak, Dorota (1 April 2015). "Technical Sciences". trade.gov.pl.


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