Author: Karol
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Military airports in Poland. 1918-1989.
Skawina 2026-08-04 Military airports in Poland. 1918-1989. After the rebirth of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1918, the Polish Army took over all airfields inherited from the occupying powers. The main airports were: Mokotów (Pole Mokotowskie) on the outskirts of Warsaw, Rakowice (Czyżyny) on the outskirts of Krakow, Ławica near Poznań, Szwedowo near Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Grudziądz,…
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KrAZ-255 B truck manufactured by CCCP. 2026.
Kraków 2026-08-01 KrAZ-255 B. KrAZ (Ukrainian: Kremenchuk Automobile Plant; Kremenchuk Automobile Plant) was a truck manufacturer based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The plant was established in 1948 and produced truck components. Truck production began in 1958. They produced civilian and military vehicles. The KrAZ-25x series is a three-axle truck. Its production began in 1968. It was…
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Airport in general – Part 6. 2026
Skawina 26.07.2026 Airport ground surveillance system. Large airports equipped with several passenger and cargo terminals, each with several runways, are now like large cities. They have highly developed infrastructure, massive air traffic, and thousands of flight operations. Runways that frequently intersect, and dozens of kilometers of taxiways. Added to this are the traffic of airport…
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Military Airfields in the People’s Republic of Poland. Basement of Combat Aircraft. 2026.
Dęblin 2026-07-26 Airfield basing of combat aircraft. Airfield basing of combat aircraft means stopping aircraft between flights or during maintenance and repairs. This seemed very simple. Aircraft were parked on the apron, in neat rows (from the line) with sufficient separation to avoid hindering ground crews. However, as a result of the wars in the…
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Lockheed Martin C-130 E Hercules No. 1503. 2026
Dęblin 2026-07-25 Lockheed Martin C-130 E Hercules No. 1503. The C-130 E Hercules No. 1503 was built in 1970. Serial number 70-1272. The aircraft was operated by the Polish Air Force from 2009 to 2024. The aircraft’s crew consisted of five pilots. The aircraft was acquired under the Foreign Military Financing program from U.S. Air…
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PLOT gun model 1939, caliber 85 mm, 52-K, KS-12. 2026r.
Tarnobrzeg 2026-06-28 PLOT gun model 1939, caliber 85 mm, 52-K, KS-12. The KS-12 anti-aircraft gun, model 1939, caliber 85 mm, 52-K, was a Soviet primary anti-aircraft gun used during and after World War II, until the 1960s. The gun was modeled after the German 88 mm Flak gun. It was also used for anti-tank purposes,…
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Wiktor Narkiewicz WN-3 piston aircraft engine. 2026.
Pińczów 2026-06-23 Wiktor Narkiewicz WN-3 piston aircraft engine. After World War II, the development of medium- and high-power piston engines was practically halted. Only low-power internal combustion engines remained in development. This was due to the revolutionary development of turbojet engines, closely followed by turboprop engines. Unfortunately, the Polish aviation industry practically fell out of…
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Pińczów Airport. 2026
Pińczów 2026-06-09 Pińczów sports airport. Geographic coordinates: 50.517N 20.517E. Elevation 186 m (610 ft). Pińczów Sports Airport. The Pińczów airport was established in 1932 as part of the Air and Anti-Gas Defense League. The Air and Anti-Gas Defense League (LOPP) was a mass Polish paramilitary organization established in 1928, a merger of the State Air…
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Pińczów Airport. 2023
Pińczów 2023-02-14 Pińczów sports airport. Geographic coordinates: 50.517N 20.517E. Elevation 186 m (610 ft). The town of Pińczów. Pińczów is a town in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, the seat of Pińczów County and the urban-rural commune of Pińczów. Pińczów was a private noble town, chartered in 1428. The town’s population in 2018 was 10,946. Distances…
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IL Okęcie WSK Mielec TS-8 Bies nb 0519. 2026
Pińczów 08-06-2026 IL Okęcie WSK Mielec TS-8 Bies. The TS-8 Bies is a trainer aircraft used by the Polish Army. On July 23, 1955, the TS-8, with the serial number P-1, made its first flight from Okęcie Airport. 242 units were produced. The TS-8 is a single-engine, two-seat, low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear. The…