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  • Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. 2018.

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    Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker. 2016 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

  • Mc Donnell-Douglas – Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. 2018

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    317 Section 2009-11-23. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. Since 2009, Poland has been using European Boeing C-17 planes, which are based at 1 HAW PAPA in Hungary. There are three planes in HAW Base 1: C-17 A nb 01 – Purchased with the funds of the signatory countries of the program. First flight on June 29,…

  • Emergency leaving a military plane. Part 4. 2018.

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    When an article was developed in 2017 – "Emergency abandonment of the military aircraft, Part 1, 2, 3" – None of us expected that the topic would have to be elaborated on, against the background of the tragedy of Captain Krzysztof Sobański, who piloted the MiG plane 29 died. Honor his memory! The captain did…

  • PZL P.11 1931.

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    In 1928, the Polish government decided to transform Central Aviation Works into PZL State-owned Aviation Works. At the same time, it was decided to build a new factory at Okęcie-Paluch. PZL after Centralne Zakłady Lotnicze assumed the production of wooden license fighter aircraft Spad S-61. A few more were built under the PZL brand. But…

  • The Main Institute of Aviation SP-GIL. 1950

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    The GIL helicopter was the first experimental Polish helicopter. In 1948, the idea of building a helicopter was put forward by Dr. Engineer Zbigniew Brzoska, who was the head of the strength and aerodynamics department at the Central Aviation Institute in Warsaw. The program did not start immediately. It was believed that the construction of…

  • Institute of Aviation JK-1 Trzmiel. 1957

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    In the mid-1950s, the idea of a light single-seat helicopter became fashionable. This type of helicopters was built in the USA, France and the Netherlands. Some of these helicopters went into serial production: YH-32 Hornet in the USA and H-3 Kolibre in the Netherlands. Therefore, one should not think that the JK-1 helicopter was a…

  • WSK PZL Świdnik SM-4 Łątka. 1962

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    Świdnik is an important place in the world where helicopters have been built. Initially, parts and components for the production of PZL Lim-1 fighter aircraft were manufactured at WSK PZL Świdnik. Over time, the factory specialized in the production of helicopters. The factory started with the production of Mil Mi-1 helicopters, assembled here under a…

  • Piotrków Trybunalski Airport. 2018

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    The airport is named after General Stanisław Karpiński. The airport was launched in 1925. The owner of the airport is the Piotrków Land Aero Club. Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 22′59 ″ N 19 ° 41′18 ″ E. Current address: 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski ul. Przemysłowa 48. Has the ICAO code – EPPT. The airport is located…

  • 11 Fighter Aviation Regiment in Strachowice. Memories of Piotr Pluskota. 1990-1991.

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    Mr. Piotr Pluskota by education, as it was then called "civilian", a car mechanic, like thousands of young boys, was summoned to the Military Complementation Command (Wojskowa Komenda Komenda), to be assigned to perform basic military service. At WKU, he was referred to the TSWL (Air Force Technical School) in Zamość, to the Cadet School.…

  • Consolidated PBY Catalina. 1935.

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    The PBY was originally designed to be a patrol bomber. The prototype of the flying boat first flight was made on March 28, 1935. The plane did not have a wheel chassis at that time, which was added later. The production of Consolidated PBY Catalina lasted from 1936 to 1945. Airplanes were used in the…