Samolot
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Samolot was the Polish
aerospace manufacturer
, located in Poznań
and active between 1924 and 1930. It manufactured among others aircraft
under the Bartel name.
. It developed an air ambulance
variant of H.28 - H.28S (16 were built in 1927-1928).
In 1925 there was developed an own design of sportsplane Sp-I (one built). From 1926, Ryszard Bartel
led its construction bureau and started to design trainer aircraft for the Polish Air Force. After a single Bartel BM-2
, a series of 22 Bartel BM-4
was built in 1928 (it was the first aircraft of the Polish design built in series). In 1928-1929 there was built a series of 60 trainers Bartel BM-5
. The last design was a trainer fighter Bartel BM-6
, flown in 1930, that remained a prototype.
Apart from designing work of Bartel, several designers built prototypes of their sportsplanes (HL-2, MN-3, MN-5, O-2) or gliders in Samolot factory, but they were not built in series. From 1927 it also produced car bodies on imported chassises, mostly buses, Ford A30 cars and luxury cars.
In 1930, due to a damage by fire (12 September 1929) and lack of orders, the factory Samolot became liquidated. Its machinery was bought by PZL
. The Bartel BM-4
development was taken over by the PWS
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
aerospace manufacturer
Aerospace manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft....
, located in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
and active between 1924 and 1930. It manufactured among others aircraft
Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...
under the Bartel name.
History
The Samolot was created on 11 August 1923 in Poznań, the name means airplane in Polish. The factory was opened on 24 April 1924. It was located on Ławica airfield in Poznań. The factory first produced licence copies of the French trainer planes Hanriot H.28 (144 built in 1925-1926) and Hanriot H.19 (55 built) for the Polish Air ForcePolish Air Force
The Polish Air Force is the military Air Force wing of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej...
. It developed an air ambulance
Air ambulance
An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot reach the scene easily or quickly enough, or the patient needs to be transported over a distance or terrain that makes air transportation the most practical transport....
variant of H.28 - H.28S (16 were built in 1927-1928).
In 1925 there was developed an own design of sportsplane Sp-I (one built). From 1926, Ryszard Bartel
Ryszard Bartel
Ryszard Bartel was a Polish engineer, aircraft designer and aviator, one of Poland's aviation pioneers.Bartel was born in Sławniów village near Pilica. He was interested in aviation from his youth, and in 1911 he built his own gliders capable of short flights...
led its construction bureau and started to design trainer aircraft for the Polish Air Force. After a single Bartel BM-2
Bartel BM-2
|-See also:-References:*Andrzej Glass: "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977 -External links:* at...
, a series of 22 Bartel BM-4
Bartel BM-4
|-References:*Andrzej Glass: "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977 -External links:* at...
was built in 1928 (it was the first aircraft of the Polish design built in series). In 1928-1929 there was built a series of 60 trainers Bartel BM-5
Bartel BM-5
|-References:*Andrzej Glass: "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977 -External links:* at...
. The last design was a trainer fighter Bartel BM-6
Bartel BM-6
|-References:*Andrzej Glass: "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977 -External links:* at -See also:...
, flown in 1930, that remained a prototype.
Apart from designing work of Bartel, several designers built prototypes of their sportsplanes (HL-2, MN-3, MN-5, O-2) or gliders in Samolot factory, but they were not built in series. From 1927 it also produced car bodies on imported chassises, mostly buses, Ford A30 cars and luxury cars.
In 1930, due to a damage by fire (12 September 1929) and lack of orders, the factory Samolot became liquidated. Its machinery was bought by PZL
PZL
PZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, based in Warsaw, functioning in 1928-1939...
. The Bartel BM-4
Bartel BM-4
|-References:*Andrzej Glass: "Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939" , WKiŁ, Warsaw 1977 -External links:* at...
development was taken over by the PWS
Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów
Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów - Podlasie Aircraft Works - was the Polish aerospace manufacturer between 1923 and 1939, located in Biała Podlaska.-History:...
.