The outline
of the most important dates and events:
May
21st, 1910 In less than a
year since Bleriot had flown over the
English Channel and aviation industry was
still in its infant
age all over the world,
Warsaw Aviation Company AWIATA
emerged at the Mokotów Field, Warsaw to
support
the development of aviation in the
Polish Kingdom.
June
17th, 1911 A series of
Farman - licensed plane named Aviatik
entered production.
December 1918 Central
Aviation Works were founded as the first
aircraft factory in independent Poland.
1921 |
Construction of an aviation factory at
Okęcie. |
1928 |
Existing
Central Aviation Works were modernised
and transformed into the State Aviation
Works (PZL). |
1930s
PZL-23 Karaś
and PZL-37 Łoś (among others)
manufactured. The first spraying system to
protect forests was
developed and fitted to
Potez, Bré guet and Farman.
1939 -
1945 PZL was used as
the German maintenance and repair center. An
administration building and two workshop
rooms was all that was left.
1946 Central
Aircraft Studies were formed to be the
new starting point for the aircraft
factory.
1948 Central
Aircraft Studies with set up workshops were
named Transport Equipment Plant (WSK
OKĘCIE) and
assigned with production and
overhaul of aircraft.
1951-1960 Junak 2 and
Junak 3, CSS-13, TS-8 BIES, JAK-12M,
TS-11ISKRA as well as PZL-101 Gawron
agro-aircraft
were designed and manufactured
at WSK Okęcie.
April 24th,
1962 |
PZL-104
Wilga maiden flight. |
1963
PZL-104
Wilga production started. Up to now
nearly 1000 A/cs were manufactured and sold
all over the
world.
1972 WSK-Okęcie
started rendering agro services.
Today we operate nearly 250 agplanes.
May 8th,
1979 |
Maiden
flight of PZL Koliber. |
May 15th,
1981 |
Maiden
flight of PZL-106 BR Kruk
agro-aircraft with piston engine |
Sept. 18th,
1985 |
Maiden
flight of PZL-106 BT-601 Kruk
agro-aircraft with turbo-prop engine. |
Jan. 12th,
1989 |
Maiden
flight of PZL-130TM Orilk. |
Sept.
22nd, 1989 WSK-Okęcie
was named PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie"
Oct. 5th,
1989 |
Maiden
flight of PZL Koliber 150. |