The Żwirko and Wigura - two outstanding Polish pilots
Franciszek Żwirko, a military pilot, and Stanisław Wigura, an engineer and civilian pilot, co-founder of the RWD design team, were a unique aviation duo. In 1929, they made a tourist flight around Europe in a Polish plane, on a 5000 km route from Warsaw through Erfurt, Paris, Barcelona, Venice to Warsaw. They won many sports aviation competitions, in which they were invincible for several years. The Żwirko and Wigura duo won twice - in 1929 and 1930 - the first place in the South-West Polish...