Franciszek Misztal - Polish aircraft designer.

He studied at Lviv Polytechnic

Lviv Polytechnic

Lviv Polytechnic National University is the largest scientific university in Lviv. Since its foundation in 1844, it was one of the most important centres of science and technological development in Central Europe. In the interbellum period, the Polytechnic was one of the most important technical...

 and received his doctorate

Doctorate

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 in 1929 at the Technical University in Aachen

Aachen

Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

. From 1928 he worked in the PZL

PZL

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

 in Warsaw as a constructor. Contributor to the design of aircraft PZL.23 Karaś

PZL.23 Karas

|-Specifications :-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. World War II Airplanes . Chicago: Rand McNally, 1978. ISBN 0-52888-170-1....

 (caisson wings), PZL.19

PZL.19

|-References: Glass, Andrzej. Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939 , pp. 242-244.. Warsaw: WKiŁ, 1977.-See also:...

, PZL.26

PZL.26

|-References:*Andrzej Glass: Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939 , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977 -See also:...

  and the chief designer (and author of the concept) of PZL.38 Wilk

PZL.38 Wilk

- References :* Glass, Andrzej. Polskie Konstrukcje Lotnicze 1893-1939 . Warsawa, Poland: WKiŁ, 1977....

. Inventor of the caisson structure with corrugated wings.

During World War II he was teaching mechanics in Warsaw. After the war, the founder of CSS construction bureau, then professor at the Warsaw University of Technology

Warsaw University of Technology

The Warsaw University of Technology is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors . The student body numbers 36,156 , mostly full-time. There are 17 faculties covering almost all fields of...

 and the Institute of Aviation, where together with Leszek Dulęba constructed the prototype 4-engine passenger aircraft PZL MD-12

PZL MD-12

The PZL MD-12 was a Polish four-engined short-range passenger and civil utility aircraft of the 1960s, which remained in a prototype stage.-Design and development:...

, and the secretary of Division IV of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish Academy of Sciences

The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:...

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