founded 1939 headquarters mielec poland number of employees 1800 1 parent sikorsky aircraft lockheed martin website pzlmielec.com.pl pzl m 28b bryza 1r of the polish navy currently produced by pzl mielec pzl mielec polskie zak ady lotnicze polish aviation works formerly wsk mielec wytw rnia sprz tu komunikacyjnego and wsk pzl mielec is a polish aerospace manufacturer based in mielec . it is the largest aerospace manufacturer in postwar poland . in 2007 it was acquired by sikorsky aircraft corporation retaining the brand . contents 1 history 1.1 before 1945 1.2 1945 to present 1.3 non aviation production 1.4 present and future 2 list of aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit before 1945 edit in 1938 1939 a factory was built in mielec designated as pzl wp 2 wytw rnia p atowc w 2 airframe factory no. 2 which was a division of the biggest polish aviation works pzl in warsaw pa stwowe zak ady lotnicze state aviation works but the production was only starting there at the outbreak of world war ii . in march 1939 the first aircraft were manufactured pzl .37 o bombers assembled from components delivered from pzl wp 1 factory in warsaw . pzl .37 o lwd szpak 4t sblim 2 lim 2 trainer variant ts 11 iskra license built pzl an 2 pzl m 15 belphegor jet agricultural plane pzl m 18 dromader pzl m26 iskierka mikrus micro car during world war ii mielec was occupied by the germans from 13 september 1939 . during the occupation the factory became a part of heinkel works producing tailfins of heinkel he 111 bombers and repairing junkers ju 52 planes . in july 1944 the withdrawing germans took all the machines and equipment . mielec was seized by the soviet army on 6 august 1944 . at first the factory was governed by the soviets as a repair works . on 22 july 1945 it was handed over back to polish control . 1945 to present edit the factory in mielec was renamed pa stwowe zak ady lotnicze pzl zak ad nr 1 state aviation works no. 1 plant being a state owned factory . at first it was aircraft repair works and produced mostly non aviation items like bus bodies scales etc. the first plane constructed in mielec was a simple trainer pzl s 1 flown on 15 november 1945 and built in one unit only it was the second plane built in poland after the war . the factory in mielec produced aircraft mostly under licence or designed in other polish bureaus . in 1948 the factory built a small series of 10 utility planes lwd szpak 4t designed in the lwd it was the first polish post war series built plane . in the same year there started a production of licensed polikarpov po 2 biplanes under a designation css 13 and 180 were built by 1950 they were also produced by pzl warszawa ok cie . in 1950 also a small series of pre war polish salamandra gliders was built . in 1949 the factory was renamed like all polish aerospace industry at that time as wytw rnia sprz tu komunikacyjnego zak ad nr 1 in short wsk 1 mielec communication equipment factory no. 1 plant . later it returned to a traditional name wytw rnia sprz tu komunikacyjnego pzl mielec wsk pzl mielec in an honor of the pzl brand . starting from 1950 the factory developed much and became the biggest polish aircraft producer . it was a licensed producer of the soviet jet fighters mig 15 produced as lim 1 mig 15bis lim 2 mig 17 lim 5 and their polish developed variants trainer sblim 1 and 2 and an attack plane lim 6 . the first lim 1s were manufactured of soviet parts in 1952 a full scale production started in 1953 . about 1500 lims were built by 1964 . in 1957 1960 there were also produced 250 polish designed piston trainers ts 8 bies . from 1963 there was produced polish designed jet trainer ts 11 iskra being a basic trainer in the polish military aviation . its successor designed with a part of pzl mielec the pzl i 22 iryda appeared however a failure for different reasons mostly lack of proper funding and only a small series was built . the most numerous plane built in mielec was the licensed soviet antonov an 2 utility biplane produced from 1960 in different variants . over 13 000 of these aircraft were manufactured by 1991 mostly for the soviets but also used in poland and exported to other countries . from 1984 pzl mielec became an exclusive producer of the soviet stol transport plane antonov an 28 . it was subsequently developed in mielec and in a modernized variant pzl m 28 skytruck bryza with western avionics is offered for the polish army polish navy and services abroad with some success also as a maritime patrol aircraft . apart from a licence production several aircraft were designed in mielec in 1950s and 1960s but they did not enter production pzl s 4 kania pzl m 2 pzl m 4 tarpan . more profitable appeared a cooperation in designing . in 1973 with the soviet help there was designed the only jet agricultural aircraft in the world the wsk mielec m 15 belphegor built in 1976 1981 for the soviet order . on the other hand the factory started cooperation with the american firms and the result was a very successful agricultural aircraft m 18 dromader first flown in 1976 and produced and developed until now as of 2012 . over 740 were produced most exported to western countries . wsk mielec also started production of the pzl m 20 mewa utility plane licensed piper seneca but a small number was built only . partly basing on the m 20 the factory developed a successful light trainer pzl m 26 iskierka of 1988 . non aviation production edit the factory produced also non aviation items like fire engines 1948 refrigerators 1954 1966 mikrus mr 300 microcar 1956 1960 1728 built refrigerator car bodies 1962 1974 tv broadcast cars from 1965 fuel injection equipment from 1964 leyland licence diesel engines from 1967 melex electric utility vehicles and golf carts from 1970 mostly for export to the usa later separated as own brand . in 1993 a division wytw rnia aparatury wtryskowej pzl mielec fuel injection equipment factory pzl mielec was separated as a limited liability company . present and future edit in october 1998 a state factory wsk pzl mielec was converted into a state owned company polskie zak ady lotnicze sp.z o.o. polish aviation works in short pzl mielec not to confuse with pre war pzl pa stwowe zak ady lotnicze . on march 16 2007 the pzl mielec was acquired by the sikorsky aircraft corporation a unit of united technologies corporation utx . among other things pzl mielec will serve as an additional final assembly line for the parent firm s s 70 blackhawk helicopter . 1 the circumstances of this transaction and its aftermath were heavily criticized by the polish military press suggesting that the price was very low 56.1 million pln due to pro american lobbying . it was also pointed out that the polish military agreed in december 2008 to purchase 12 unnecessary m 28b aircraft from the new factory owners for a price two or three times higher than their real value and export price . 2 list of aircraft edit more important aircraft manufactured or designed in mielec . a date of first prototype flight serial production start is given for not flown or not produced aircraft . lwd szpak 4t 1 engine utility touring low wing 1945 1948 pzl s 1 1 engine trainer and liaison aircraft 1945 1946 css 13 1 engine multirole biplane 1948 licensed polikarpov po 2 ts 8 bies 1 engine military trainer low wing 1955 1957 m 4 tarpan 1 engine trainer low wing prototype 1961 an 2 1 engine transport and multirole biplane 1960 licensed antonov an 2 lim 1 1 jet engine fighter 1953 licensed mig 15 lim 2 1 jet engine fighter 1954 licensed mig 15bis sblim 1 sblim 2 1 jet engine trainer lim 1 2 variant lim 5 1 jet engine fighter 1956 licensed mig 17 lim 6 1 jet engine attack plane 1961 lim 5 variant pzl ts 11 iskra 1 jet engine military trainer mid wing 1960 1963 m 15 belphegor 1 jet engine agricultural biplane 1973 1976 m 18 dromader 1 engine agricultural low wing 1976 1978 m 20 mewa 2 engine multirole low wing 1979 1989 licence piper seneca m 21 dromader mini 1 engine agricultural low wing 1987 pzl m 24 dromader super 1 engine agricultural low wing 1987 m 25 dromader mikro 1 engine agricultural low wing m 26 iskierka 1 engine trainer low wing 1986 pzl m 28 skytruck bryza 2 turboprop engine light transport military high wing 1984 developed antonov an 28 pzl i 22 iryda 2 jet engine military trainer high wing 1985 1992 small series built s 70i blackhawk medium duty utility helicopter references edit http www.sikorsky.com vgn ext templating sik v index.jsp vgnextoid 00de6eb78fa78110vgnvcm1000001382000arcrd & vgnextchannel 709f45d57ef68110vgnvcm1000001382000arcrd & vgnextfmt default & pressvcmid 5f9dbda862b73210vgnvcm1000004f62529frcrd hypki tomasz in polish karmienie nowotworu feeding of a cancer skrzydlata polska nr . 1 2009 issn 0137 866x p. 4 janusz babiejczuk jerzy grzegorzewski polski przemys lotniczy 1945 1973 polish aviation industry ... wydawnictwo mon warsaw 1974 no isbn external links edit wikimedia commons has 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