Zbysław Ciołkosz
Zbysław Ciołkosz (23 March 1902 – 25 June 1960) was a Polish American aircraft designer, whose work includes the P.Z.L. 27, PWS-20, LWS-3 Mewa, RWD-11, LWS-6 Żubr, PWS-1, PWS-54, PWS-19, LWS-2, and PWS-52. He was with PWS and LWS, but emigrated to America in 1948, where his work at Piasecki Helicopter earned him the Wright Brothers Medal in 1953 with D. Meyers for a paper discussing the use of shaft turbines for helicopters.
Zbysław Ciołkosz
- Born
- 1902 · Kraków.
- Died
- 1960 · Seattle.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- engineer · designer
- Honours
- Wright Brothers Medal · Silver Cross of Merit
- Languages
- Polish
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Zbysław Ciołkosz (23 March 1902 – 25 June 1960) was a Polish American aircraft designer, whose work includes the P.Z.L. 27, PWS-20, LWS-3 Mewa, RWD-11, LWS-6 Żubr, PWS-1, PWS-54, PWS-19, LWS-2, and PWS-52. He was with PWS and LWS, but emigrated to America in 1948, where his work at Piasecki Helicopter earned him the Wright Brothers Medal in 1953 with D. Meyers for a paper discussing the use of shaft turbines for helicopters.
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1902
Zbysław Ciołkosz born at Kraków.
1960
Zbysław Ciołkosz died at Seattle.
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Zbysław Ciołkosz is recorded as having received Wright Brothers Medal and Silver Cross of Merit.
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