Stanisław Rogalski (25 May 1904 – 6 February 1976) was a Polish aircraft designer, born in

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, best known as one of the founding trio (the other two being

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and

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) of the inter-war period RWD airplane factory in Warsaw. He obtained his degree at

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. During

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he became technical director at the Turk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi factory. In 1949 he moved to the United States, where he ended his career at

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as an aerodynamics expert.

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Polish aerospace engineers 1904 births 1976 deaths People from Olomouc Polish emigrants to the United States Place of birth missing Place of death missing Aircraft designers Aerodynamicists Warsaw University of Technology alumni {{Poland-engineer-stub