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Frank Piasecki and Other Polish Aviation Designers…” Exhibition A Hanriot H-28 trainer displaying a V-tail invented and patented in 1930 by Jerzy Rudlicki. It was with the Hanriot airplane modified in Plage & Laskiewicz factory that the concept of a butterfly tail was first put to test in 1931. organizers: partners: 2 CONTENTS Foreword 4 Introduction 6 The Designers 8 Frank Nicholas PIASECKI 12 Wsiewolod Jan JAKIMIUK 16 Stanislaw Wojciech ROGALSKI 20 Tadeusz Leopold CIASTULA 24 Jerzy DABROWSKI 28 Jerzy Stanislaw RUDLICKI 32 Stanislaw Pawel PRAUSS 36 Wieslaw Zenon STEPNIEWSKI 40 Henryk Kazimierz MILICER Organizers and Partners 44 Museum of Flight 48 Polish Aviation Museum 52 Boeing Central & Eastern Europe 56 Witkacy Theatre 60 LOT Polish Airlines 64 Polish-American Community in Seattle 68 Legends of Aviation 3 FOREWORD Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, all been collected at the Museum. Development activity, therefore it More than 200 aircraft amassed is this area that many of our efforts It is my honor to present to you the make for one of Europe’s top aviation are focused on. It has also become exhibition “Frank Piasecki and Other collections. The exhibition “Frank our local specialty to encourage the Polish Aviation Designers”,, proprovidingng PiaseckiPias and Other Polish Aviation implementation of new technologies. an excellent opportunity to dispdisplayy Designers”Desi organized by the Polish We also put an intense effort to a portion of Malopolska Regionegion in a AviationAvia Museum addresses long- promoting our region as a place with place so exceptional as the Museumm lastinglast emotionsmot — patriotism and many economic advantages as we of Flight, Seattle. the senses se of commonmmon nationality. introduce more and more business- CommonCom on heritage,her ge, culture,cu knowledge friendly solutions. 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The characters again initiated a most interesting take the utmost advantage of their the exhibition presents belong to a project promoting Polish history. Old potentialities. What constitutes wider cultural phenomenon which also airplanes, gliders, helicopters, wide our greatest advantage are the constitute a part of Malopolska array of aviation engines — have opportunities for Research & Region heritage. 4 History forbade them to return to their homeland and depraved them of our region’s charms, as well. And Malopolska has to offer, apart from Polish trademark hospitality, unforgettable experience of many cultural and sports events, as the famous Christmass Fair, Mountain Carnival in Bukowina Tatrzanska and CIS Ski-Jump World Cup contest in Zakopane. There is also the world- famous Festival of Jewish Culture. Krakow proves comfortable for street theater, music and film festivals. Such musical festivals as Sacrum Profanum and Misteria Paschalia attract visitors from around the world. For us, the exhibition in the Museum of Flight, Seattle is exceptional in every way, mostly because the latest in American passenger aircraft technology, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, is starting its service simultaneously as part of LOT Polish Airlines fleet. I am convinced that the Seattle exhibition will provide all visitors with an inspiring experience and will act as a spur to undertaking a multi-faceted collaboration. Marek Sowa, Marshal of Malopolska Region 5 INTRODUCTION Fans of aviation will be immediately Institute of Aviation). In 1930s Poland familiar with Frank Nicholas Piasecki was one of the eight exportersorters of and his engineering achievements. aviation equipment. 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They were and USSR. “cold“cold war”ar” hadh begunbegun and they had engineer Piotr Kubicki, Bogdan Trocki, graduates of Institutes of Technology beenbee looking for prominent minds. and Tadeusz Tarczynski. in Warsaw and Lvov. They worked at When the Polish Armed ForcesForces wereere Polish aviation companies, especially disbanded and acknowledgementdgem As a visionary, Frank N. Piasecki was Piasecki and other Polish aviation at Panstwowe Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL of the Polish government-in-exile gladly taking them under his wings, designers were involved in creation — State Aviation Works), Podlaska was withdrawn in July 1945,45, a new he knew and trusted them. When of such constructions as: H-21B Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS — chapter in life began for them.hem. The discussing the so-called national Shawnee, Piasecki YH-16, DHC.1A Podlasie Aircraft Works) and Lubelska fight for independence of their traits of Poles, people usually list Chipmunk, DH.112 Venom,
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