The PWS-4 (PWS - Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów - Podlasie Aircraft Factory) was a prototype Polish sports aircraft, developed in 1928 by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów.
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Adam made his debut for Pro Wrestling Syndicate at PWS Super Card 2012, under the name The Big O, where he defeated Bill Carr and Justin Corino and Nick Brubaker in a dark match.
Blackie and the Rodeo King was the third album released by Canadian singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett and was released as an LP album by Posterity-Woodshed Records in 1979 (PWS-013).
The first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world was Tadeusz Góra for his record-breaking 577.8-kilometer flight on May 18, 1938, glider PWS-101 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius).
After evaluation by the Polish Air Force, the R-Xa won the contest for a liaison plane in December 1929, over PWS-5t2 and PZL Ł.2, having the shortest take-off and landing, good handling at low speed and satisfactory performance, but the factory was ordered to develop design further.
The Lublin-based Plage i Laśkiewicz works presented in 1929 the Lublin R–XVIII, while Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów submitted PWS-22 and PWS-23.
On 22 October 2010, the British media reported that Julian Messent, a former executive in the reinsurance firm PWS (owned by Lord Pearson), had pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to paying £ 1.2 million in bribes to three Costa Rican officials, in exchange for a contract with the state insurance monopoly, the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS).
Already in 1923, Poland bought a licence for the Potez 15 and started to manufacture them in Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS, 35 built in 1925) and Plage i Laśkiewicz aircraft works (100 built in 1925-1926).
The PWS-1 was the first design of the Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (Podlasie Aircraft Factory), and the second aircraft designed and built in Poland, after the CWL WZ-X.
Some were used there by the outbreak of World War II and in summer 1939 all remaining airworthy aircraft were gathered in Ułęż.
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Later PWS-10s were transferred to Jerez de la Frontera where were operated between April 1937 and end of 1938.
The PWS-14s, officially marked as PWS-12s, were used by the Polish Air Force from 1933 in the Officer Training Centre in Dęblin and a Flying School in Grudziądz.
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The PWS-12 was a biplane trainer designed and developed by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS).
The PWS-16 was a biplane trainer designed and developed by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS).
Therefore, in 1933 one aircraft was withdrawn from use in Poznań, while the second was written off in Warsaw.
According to a report by Jan Falkowski, on September 3, 1939, while flying a PWS-26, he made a chasing Bf 109 crash near Lublin, by performing low-level manoeuvres, but there was no confirmation from the Germans.
The PWS-50,(PWS - Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów - Podlasie Aircraft Factory), was a prototype Polish single-engine mid-wing monoplane sports aircraft of 1930, constructed by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów.
It crashed during the 4th Winter Air Contest of Lublin and Podlasie in 2-4 February 1934, flown by A. Uszacki, and was broken up.
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The PWS-51 was a Polish sports plane of 1930, a single-engine low-wing monoplane, constructed by the Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS), that remained a prototype.
Unfortunately, after landing in Saint-Inglevert, the aircraft was overturned by the wind and was damaged.
The plane was a counterpart of PZL.5 for a sportsplane and trainer, but was worse, and as a result, remained a prototype.
Born in Kraków, Austria-Hungary he was the first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world for his record-breaking 577.8-kilometer flight on May 18, 1938, glider PWS-101 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius).
License-built in Poland by the state-owned Państwowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne (as the PZInż. Major 4), the engine was used in, among others, Zlin Z-XIII, RWD-11 and one of the PWS-35 Ogar prototypes.
Zbysław Ciołkosz (23 March 1902 – 25 June 1960) was a prolific 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.