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Author: Karol

  • 1 Polish Aviation Department. 1917-1918.

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    Karol

    The 1st Polish Corps in Russia was formed in a very complicated political and military situation. The Great World War had been going on for over three years and there was no end in sight. Poland’s invaders began to bid among themselves for the future vision of a "free" Poland, promising a lot to the…

  • RWD-DWL RWD-21. 1939.

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    Karol

    Experimental Aerospace Workshops, abbreviated as DWL, were a Polish aerial company that constructed and produced planes under the designation RWD. RWD stands for the names of constructors: Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki. We can accept the time frame: December 1925 – September 1, 1939.

  • PZL I-22 Iryda. 2018.

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    Karol

    The PZL I-22 Iryda aircraft is a training and combat aircraft designed and built by PZL WSK Mielec. The plane is completely metal and powered by two turbojet engines, which were developed at PZL WSK Rzeszów.

  • RWD-DWL RWD-5. 1931.

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    Karol

    The RWD-5 aircraft was created by developing the RWD-4 aircraft. As the first RWD aircraft, it received a mixed structure: wood and metal. The hull is a spatial structure welded from steel pipes. An engine with hanging pistons was used for the drive. As a result, the visibility from the cab to the front has…

  • NATO Days w Ostrawie. 2018.

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    Karol

    The 2018 NATO Days military demonstrations in Ostrava, Czech Republic, were held on September 15-16, 2018. But a few days earlier, occasional meetings had already been held. Airships and weapons from land units were arriving. During the whole week the weather in Ostrava was very good. It was sunny and few clouds. Good weather brought…

  • Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS. 2018

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    Karol

    The expression AWACS is an English acronym (abbreviation) – Airborne Warning and Control System, i.e. in Polish – Aviation System of Warning and Control. Essentially, the term AWACS refers to the Boeing E-3 Sentry early warning aircraft, which was one of the world’s first aircraft of its kind and is still the most technologically advanced…

  • Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. 2018.

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    Karol

    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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    Karol

    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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    Karol

    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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    Karol

    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…