Kołobrzeg 2024-11-20
PZL TS-11 Iskra nb 1807.
TS-11 bis DF serial number 3H 18-07. 21 units were built in series 18. The aircraft was manufactured in 1982. In 2007, the aircraft was operated in Krzesiny, in the 3rd ELT. After service, it was transferred to the Polish Arms Museum in Kołobrzeg.
On July 27, 2022, after 58 years of service, the Polish Air Force said goodbye to the excellent Polish Training Aircraft PZL TS-11 Iskra. But already on December 9, 2020, at the airport of the 41st Training Aviation Base named after Major Pilot Eugeniusz Horbaczewski in Dęblin, a family ceremony of withdrawing from service of PZL TS-11 Iskra aircraft took place. This meant that cadets of the Air Force Military Academy would train exclusively on PZL-130 Orlik TC-II turboprop aircraft, and then on Leonardo M-346 Bielik turbojet aircraft. It should be noted that on November 17, 2020, the eleventh Leonardo M-346 Bielik aircraft was delivered to Poland. From December 9, 2020 to July 27, 2022, only PZL TS-11 MR aircraft from the “Biało Czerwone Iskry” Aerobatic Team were kept in flight.
Written by Karol Placha Hetman