Glider: SZD-12 Mucha 100

Poland
training and performance glider

This is training and performance single seater glider of wooden construction and a cantilever high-wing configuration.
In 1947 - 1948 at the Gliding Institute in Bielsko - Biała, one of the most popular after-war gliders - the "Mucha" (fly) was designed. Its "parents" were engineers: Irena Kaniewska and Franciszek Kotowski.
The "Mucha" in derivatives: the "Mucha-bis" and the "Mucha-ter" entered serial production in 1949 and went into mass use with aeroclubs.
The "Mucha 100" glider came as a result of the experience gained during the use of the 136 examples of the "Mucha-bis" and the "Mucha-ter" in aeroclubs. The main designers were engineers: Władysław Okarmus, Zbigniew Badura and Jan Dyrek. The first flight of the Mucha 100 glider was carried out by Adam Zientek on 14th November 1953. Just after that, the Krosno Gliders Works started production series of 84 examples.
In the consecutive years, a few minor improvements were introduced, what changed the designation of the glider to the "Mucha 100 A" In total, 290 "Mucha 100" gliders were built, including 70 examples built for export to Switzerland, German Democratic Republic, Italy and the Soviet Union. The glider was also built on licence in the People's Republic of China.

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