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Zygmunt Puławski (October 24, 1901 – March 21, 1931) was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "Puławski wing" and designed a series of Polish PZL fighter aircraft.
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Zygmunt Puławski (October 24, 1901 – March 21, 1931) was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "Puławski wing" and designed a series of Polish PZL fighter aircraft.
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Life and career Puławski was born in Lublin. He graduated from business school in 1920. In the summer of 1920, during the Soviet offensive in the Polish–Soviet War, he volunteered for a Boy Scout battalion. In late 1920, he commenced studies at the Warsaw University of Technology. He was a member of the Aviation Section of the Students' Mechanical Club, where he constructed some gliders. He distinguished himself as a thorough and able student. In 1925, he graduated from the university, receiving the engineer title, and left to practice in the Breguet Aviation works in France. After his return, he began his required national service, completing military aviation school in Bydgoszcz and becoming a pilot. From 1927, he became the chief general designer of the Central Aviation Workshops (CWL) at Słupecka Street in Warsaw, soon reorganized into the PZL (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze, "State Aviation Works"). For the Polish military, in 1928 Puławski designed a modern all-metal high-wing fighter with an inline engine, the PZL P.1. For the P.1, he invented a gull-wing design, giving the pilot an excellent view from his cockpit. The P.1 was flown in 1929 and met with great interest. Its wing design became known as the…