Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze
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Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze (CWL) - Central Aviation Workshops was the Polish
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 state-owned aircraft repair works and manufacturer in Warsaw
Warsaw
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, active between 1918 and 1928. The workshops were created in November 1918 and located in Warsaw at the fringe of airport in Mokotów
Mokotów
Mokotów is a dzielnica of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Mokotów is densely populated. It is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies...

 at 2a Puławska Street. Initially its main task were repairs of engines and aircraft. It also produced aircraft under the French licence in the 1920s:
  • Hanriot H-28
  • SPAD 61


Some aircraft were designed by engineers working in the CWL, but none entered production.

Selected aircraft designed in CWL:
  • CWL WZ-X
    CWL WZ-X
    -See also:-References:*Andrzej Glass: "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977, p. 122-123 -External links:* at site...

  • D1 Cykacz
  • ST-3


In 1928 the CWL transformed into the PZL
PZL
PZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, based in Warsaw, functioning in 1928-1939...

(State Aviation Works), soon to became the biggest Polish aircraft manufacturer.
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