Franciszek Misztal
Franciszek Misztal (15 March 1901, Lisie Jamy near Lubaczów – 9 June 1981, Warsaw) was a Polish aircraft designer. He studied at Lviv Polytechnic and received his doctorate in 1929 at the Technical University in Aachen. From 1928 he worked in the PZL in Warsaw as a constructor.
Franciszek Misztal
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- Born
- 1901 · Lisie Jamy and Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
- Died
- 1980 · Warsaw.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- engineer · designer
- Education
- Lviv Polytechnic
- Honours
- Cross of Independence · Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland · Silver Cross of Merit · Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta · Work Flag Order, 1st class · Work Flag Order and 2nd class
- Languages
- Polish
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Franciszek Misztal (15 March 1901, Lisie Jamy near Lubaczów – 9 June 1981, Warsaw) was a Polish aircraft designer. He studied at Lviv Polytechnic and received his doctorate in 1929 at the Technical University in Aachen. From 1928 he worked in the PZL in Warsaw as a constructor.
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Contributor to the design of aircraft PZL.23 Karaś (caisson wings), PZL.19, PZL.26 and the chief designer (and author of the concept) of PZL.38 Wilk. Inventor of the caisson structure with corrugated wings. During World War II he taught mechanics in Warsaw. After the war, the founder of CSS construction bureau, then professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of Aviation, where together with Leszek Dulęba he constructed the prototype 4-engine passenger aircraft PZL MD-12, and the secretary of Division IV of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Franciszek Misztal studied at Lviv Polytechnic. The recorded working language is Polish. Employment is recorded with Warsaw University of Technology. Distinctions recorded are Cross of Independence, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Silver Cross of Merit and Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Franciszek Misztal is recorded as having received Cross of Independence, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland and Silver Cross of Merit.
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1901
Franciszek Misztal was born in 1901 at Lisie Jamy, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
1980
Franciszek Misztal died in 1980 at Warsaw.
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Lisie Jamy and Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
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Franciszek Misztal received Cross of Independence, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Silver Cross of Merit, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Work Flag Order, 1st class and Work Flag Order, 2nd class.
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Franciszek Misztal 1901–1981, Acta Astronautica, 1985
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