The Institute of Aviation honoured 90-years-old Tadeusz Królikiewicz for his historic monographs and long-term cooperation with the Institute. Mr. Królikiewicz received a statuette during the session of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Aviation, which took place on 21 December 2016.
Tadeusz Królikiewicz is the author of several books in the field of aviation, including “Polish plane and colour”, “Selected issues of the Institute of Aviation” and many other publications and popular science articles in the field of military aviation and cold steel weapons. During his work at the Institute of Aviation he conducted inspection of the construction projects for the army, including new aircraft: Junak 3, TS-8 Bies and TS-11 Iskra.
Tadeusz Królikiewicz was born in 1926 – the same year in which the Institute of Aviation was founded.