aviation founded 1951 headquarters widnik poland key people ceo mieczys aw majewski products military and civil helicopters parent agustawestland website www.pzl.swidnik.pl pzl w 3 gluszec upgraded of polish land forces pzl sw 4 of polish air force wsk m06b3 motorcycle pzl widnik s.a wytw rnia sprz tu komunikacyjnego pzl widnik s.a. is the biggest helicopter manufacturer in poland . its main products are pzl w 3 sok and pzl sw 4 puszczyk helicopters . in early 2010 the factory was acquired by agustawestland 1 since 2015 became part of leonardo finmeccanica s helicopter division . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit history of plant establishment dating back to 1920 when in lublin opened the first aircraft factory plage i la kiewicz . after world war ii part of the senior instructors staff incorporated into the newly formed wytw rnia sprz tu komunikacyjnego . 3 in 1951 a third national aerospace factory wsk widnik was built in widnik and in 1957 it was renamed to wsk pzl widnik . since 1956 it has become one of the world s major helicopter manufacturers producing helicopters under the soviet licence starting with the sm 1 mil mi 1 . widnik was the main producer of the mi 1 and exclusive producer of the widely used in the world mil mi 2 . since the late 1980s widnik has been producing a polish designed medium helicopter pzl w 3 sok . it also produces a light helicopter the pzl sw 4 puszczyk . after 1991 the state factory became a state owned corporation wsk pzl widnik sa . it also produced the pirat pw 5 and pw 6 gliders and cooperates widely with other nations manufacturers e.g. in the manufacture of agusta a109 fuselages . from 1954 until 1980 the wsk pzl widnik was also a manufacturer of motorcycles branded as the wsk . some 2 000 000 of motorcycles of the wsk m06 125 cc and wsk m21 175 cc families were made in that period . 4 in early 2010 the factory was acquired by agustawestland . products edit pzl kania of the polish police mil mi 1 mil mi 2 pzl kania kitty hawk pzl developed in conjunction with the american aero engine company allison version of the mi 2 for export the kania or kitty hawk pzl w 3 sok falcon pzl sw 4 puszczyk tawny owl pzl sm 2 pzl sm 4 tka dragonfly see also edit pzl references edit gazeta wyborcza article from feb. 2 2010 1 finmeccanica board approves new structure . ft.com . retrieved 13 june 2016 . http oldtimery.com index.php option com content & view article & id 669 zakady mechaniczne e plage i t lakiewicz w lublinie & catid 18 stare samochody & itemid 705 polish adam zakrzewski auto moto prl w adcy dr g i poboczy demart warsaw 2010 isbn 978 83 7427 484 5 p. 158 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to pzl widnik . pzl widnik official webpage english v t e pzl aircraft pzl up to 1939 pa stwowe zak ady lotnicze pzl p. 1 .2 pzl .3 pzl .4 pzl .5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 11 pzl .12 pzl h pzl .16 pzl .19 pzl .23 kara p. 24 pzl .26 pzl .27 pzl .30 ubr pzl .37 o 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