The PZL Kania (Polish Kite, also marketed as Kitty Hawk) is a follow-up design to the Mil Mi-2 helicopter, developed in Poland by PZL-Świdnik. In 1964, an agreement was signed between Poland and the Soviet Union assigning production of the Mil Mi-2 twin-engined light helicopter exclusively to the WSK PZL-Świdnik factory at Świdnik, Poland. [1]

PZL Kania (ang. Kitty Hawk) – polski śmigłowiec – daleko posunięta modernizacja radzieckiego Mi-2. Śmigłowiec PZL Kania powstał na przełomie lat 70. i 80. XX wieku w WSK Świdnik. W założeniach miał być przeznaczony na eksport na rynki zachodnie.

The PZL Kania is a Polish twin-engine aircraft that was used as a military trainer and attack helicopter. The first flight of this plane was in November 1986, but it wasn't until 1989 that it entered production.

PZL.56 Kania (buzzard) was a Polish pre-war project of a fighter aircraft designed by Wsiewołod Jakimiuk of the Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze. A single-seat low-wing monoplane was a development of PZL.50 Jastrząb fighter, modified to house a …

The PZL Kania (Polish Kite, also marketed as Kitty Hawk) is a follow-up to the Mil Mi-2 helicopter, developed in Poland by PZL-Świdnik. In 1964, an agreement was signed between Poland and the Soviet Union assigning production of the Mil Mi-2 twin-engined light helicopter exclusively to …

The Kania (Kitty Hawk) is a substantial upgrade of the basic Mi2, and features Allison 250C20B turboshafts, western avionics, composite main and tail rotor blades, and has won US FAR Pt 29 certification. Developed in cooperation with Allison, the Kania first flew on June 3 1979, and US certification was granted in February 1986.

The PZL S-4 Kania 2 was a Polish trainer and glider towing aircraft of the 1950s, not built in series. The first prototype was designated S-3 Kania. There is also a helicopter named PZL Kania. The aircraft was designed by Eugeniusz Stankiewicz in 1950, …

Zwycięska koncepcja śmigłowca PZL ”Kania” ("Kitty Hawk") zakładała zastosowanie nie tylko mocniejszych i mniej paliwożernych silników, ale również głęboką modernizację kabiny załogi poprzez zastosowanie zachodniej awioniki Bendix/King.

Technical data for PZL Swidnik "Kania" Engine: 2 x Allison 250-C20B turboshaft, rated 314kW at take-off, main rotor diameter: 14.56m, length with rotors turning: 17.41m, height: 3.75m, take-off weight: 3550kg, empty weight: 2140kg, cruising speed: 210km/h, service ceiling: 4000m, range with max payload: 497km

The PZL Kania (Polish Kitty Hawk) is a follow-up to the Mi-2 helicopter featuring lot of changes, redesigned hull, new engines (Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C20B turboshaft engines each rated at 426hp (313 kW)), new composite rotors blades, new, western avionics. Work on …