Edward Margański (born September 17, 1943, in
Kolbuszowa
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) is a
Polish
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engineer, aircraft designer and inventor, pilot, founder of the Aviation Equipment Renovation and Production Plant () in
Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...
, currently the aviation company
Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works (). Manufacturer of
Swift S-1
The Swift S-1 is a single seat aerobatic glider manufactured by Polish company Swift Ltd.
Design and development
Edward Margański, Jerzy Cisowski and Jerzy Makula developed the Swift at Bielsko-Biała from the SZD-21-2b Kobuz 3. The prototy ...
and
MDM-1 Fox
The MDM MDM-1 Fox is a Polish, composite mid-wing two-seater aerobatic glider with fixed undercarriage and conventional tail unit.
This sailplane was first displayed at the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Venlo, Netherlands, 1993, wh ...
gliders.
Biography
Graduate of the
Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering (MEiL) of the
Warsaw University of Technology
The Warsaw University of Technology () is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). The student body ...
. During his studies in 1962, he reactivated the Student Aviation Section under the name of the Pilots' Scientific Club. He also became the president of the Circle. After graduation, he was an assistant at the Department of Aerodynamics of the Institute of Aviation Technology and Applied Mechanics of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Warsaw University of Technology. In the years 1970–1977, an employee of
PZL Mielec
PZL Mielec (''Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze'' - Polish Aviation Works), formerly WSK-Mielec (''Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego'') and WSK "PZL-Mielec" is a Polish aerospace manufacturer based in Mielec. It is the largest aerospace manufacturer i ...
, later a representative of PZL Mielec at the
Institute of Aviation (IL) in Warsaw. Since 1978, director of the Glider Plant in Bielsko-Biała. In 1986, Edward Margański founded his own aviation company, Zakłady Remontów i Produkcji Sprzętu Lotnicze, in Bielsko-Biała, which produced mainly gliders, now transformed into Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze.
Since 1998, Edward Margański has implemented his own project of a cheap jet aircraft with a composite structure, the
EM-10 Bielik (Iskra II), the target successor of the
TS-11 Iskra. He is also the designer of the
EM-11 Orka sports and business aircraft.
While working on the EM-10 Bielik, he developed a
flight control system
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. ...
called "''Skrzydełkiem''", now patented and tested on models.
He is the father of
Małgorzata Margańska, a gliding instructor.
References
External links
Rozmowa z Edwardem Margańskim na www.forum.spotter.pl 15-01-2008Margański&Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze Sp. z. o.o.*
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1943 births
Living people
People from Kolbuszowa