Author: Karol
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NATO Days w Ostrawie. 2018.
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…
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Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS. 2018
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…
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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. 2018.
Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker. 2016 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
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Mc Donnell-Douglas – Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. 2018
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,…
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PZL P.11 1931.
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…
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The Main Institute of Aviation SP-GIL. 1950
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…
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Institute of Aviation JK-1 Trzmiel. 1957
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…
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WSK PZL Świdnik SM-4 Łątka. 1962
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…
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Piotrków Trybunalski Airport. 2018
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…