Author: Karol
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Boeing B-17 G Candie, December 26, 1944. 2019.
On January 12, 2019, on the occasion of the 73 anniversary of the emergency landing of the Boeing B-17 "Candie" bomber at Kliny Housing Estate in Krakow near Fort No. 52, a meeting was held at the Kliny Culture Club at ul. bishop Albin Małysiak 1. These are the hospitable thresholds of the parish of…
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Zlin Z-42. 1975.
The Zlin company was founded in 1934 as Zlinska Letacka Spolecnost A. S. The headquarters of Zlin was the city of Zlin, in Eastern Moravia, in the Czech Republic. The factory produced gliders and single-engine airplanes. Later, production expanded to the sports and agricultural aircraft segment.
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 5
We are now on the 12th anniversary of the Smolensk attack. Four years ago, a technical report was published which confirmed that it was not an accident but a brutal attack on the Polish ruling elite. The POLOT.net portal was one of the few that, since April 2010, was firmly committed to the theory of…
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Sikorsky-Mielec Black Hawk S-70i. 2019.
Sikorski claims that interest in the armed Black Hawk helicopter in the world is high. This is due to the escalation of the Islamic State’s struggle. The countries concerned have Black Hawk helicopters on their armament, but the unarmed versions. PZL Mielec can count on greater participation in the development of armed Black Hawk, if…
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Iliuszyn Ił-28. 1948.
In 1947, in the design offices (OKB) of Iljuszyn, Suchoja and Tupolev, work began on the design of a tactical (front) bomber with a turbojet, designed to operate on the front line and its close hinterland. The initial assumptions of the new aircraft placed great demands on the designers. The bomber should carry 1,000 kg…
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Agro-pilot School in Karolewo 1980-1983
In 2012, we published an article the title – "School of Agro-pilots in Karolewo, 1975-1980". We described the short history of this school. However, it turned out that we had made an unconscious mistake: there were, of course, three years (1975, 1976, 1977), but there was also the fourth recruitment, which was made in 1980.
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Mikojan i Guriewicz MiG-21.
For the licensed MiG-21 aircraft, the Lim-7 designation is provided in Poland. The relevant documents were already signed in July 1956 and January 1957. However, at this time the Kremlin’s distrust of the new PZPR authorities, including Władysław Gomułka, increased. On May 24-25, 1957, a delegation from Poland insisted on selling licenses in Moscow. Nikita…
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Accidents and catastrophes of MiG-21 aircraft in Poland.
On November 20, 1963, at 62 PLM, Krzesiny airport, the first accident with the participation of the MiG-21 F-13 nb 2016 No. 742016 took place. During the night landing two machines collided. The pilot of the MiG-21 was Lieutenant Wawrzyniec Czapiga, 1st class pilot. The pilot died on the spot. The pilot was returning from…
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CASA C-295 M 2019.
In 2008, the Polish Government stated – There will be no other CASA C-295 M transport aircraft in the Kraków squadron. Similar to MRTT transport and refueling aircraft. The Ministry of National Defense (Ministry of National Defense) gave up their purchase, although earlier it was considered to place an order for four or five more…
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Tragedy An-12 SP-LZA on 13.05.1977.
On May 13, 1977, the An-12 SP-LZA nb 50 aircraft No. 6344307 performed a flight on the Rzeszów-Beirut route (capital of Lebanon). The stopover took place in Varna, Bulgaria, to refuel the aircraft. At that time, 9,400 kg of aviation kerosene were refueled. This amount of fuel was enough to fly to Beirut and back…