Bronisław Żurakowski

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Bronisław Żurakowski (26 June 1911 – 4 October 2009) was a Polish engineer, aeroplane constructor, glider test pilot. Before the war Żurakowski worked in the RWD bureau, where he designed aircraft RWD-17, RWD-17W, RWD-20 and made calculations for RWD-16bis, RWD-21 and RWD-23. After the war he designed the first Polish helicopter BŻ-1 GIL and later a helicopter BŻ-4 Żuk (both designated BŻ for his initials). He was a co-designer of a successful utility plane PZL-104 Wilga.

Born in Makiejowka, Bronisław is a brother of a test pilot Janusz Żurakowski.

[edit] References

• "Żurakowski Bronisław". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4003203. Retrieved 2007-03-06. 
• Bronisław Żurakowski's obituary

Persondata
NAME	Żurakowski, Bronisław
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Makiejowka
DATE OF DEATH	October 4, 2009
PLACE OF DEATH

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