Author: Karol
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Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą Airport 2017
The political situation in the Republic of Poland has changed over the last two years. After the recent international economic talks, especially with China, the issue of building a Central Airport in the Republic of Poland has been revived. The port would mainly serve as a freight transport, but not only that. It has not…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1945-1950.
On March 8, 1945, 13 UT-2 training planes were flew from the Mokre Airport near Zamość to the field airport of the Dęblin School "Eaglet School" in Podlodowo, Podlodowo Airport. By March 20, 1945, the entire 3rd School Squadron had moved to Podlodowo and Dęblin. The cadets of this squadron began basic training in the…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1943-1945.
In the history of the Polish People’s Aviation we read – "Polish airmen were trained at the Aviation School of the 6th Soviet Air Force in Czkałów." What is this Chkalov? It is the so-called toque, that is, a point established in 1936 by the Soviets in Kazakhstan. Several thousand kilometers from Poland. Intended for…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1950-1960.
In 1950, the international situation deteriorated significantly due to the outbreak of the Korean War. The Polish economy was focused on the production of large amounts of weapons. Polish leaders were blindly following orders from Moscow. The air and land forces grew quantitatively. The development of the armed forces required the training of new cadres.…
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Dęblin Airport. 2017.
The airport in Dęblin is a military airport and is used by the School of Eaglets in Dęblin.
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Jakowlew Jak-18. 1951.
The Soviet Yakovlev UT-2 plane was a bad training and training plane. He was difficult to pilot and did not forgive mistakes. Engineer Tadeusz Sołtyk even described it as dangerous and claimed that it is not necessary to select pilots through the cemetery. In 1943, the OKB Yakovlev office developed several designs to modify the…
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Powidz Airport. 2017.
On May 13, 2017, the unit holiday combined with the Open Day was celebrated once again at the Powidz Airport, which belongs to the 33rd Transport Aviation Base. I suspect that even the organizers did not expect the arrival of such a huge number of guests. My estimate is 20,000 visitors. The matter is all…
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PZL I-22 Iryda accident 1996-01-24
It has been 21 years since the accident of Iryda, with which the destruction of the aviation industry began. I wrote a few topics about it in the previous years. However, this topic will shock the public opinion for a long time, because what was done was incredibly stupid.
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Tragedy PZL I-22 Iryda 1996-01-24
21 years have passed since the Iryda accident, which began the destruction of the aviation industry. This topic will outrage public opinion for a long time, because what was done was incredibly stupid. Raising the topic of Iryd again encouraged me with the fact that one of the designers from Mielec, M.Eng. Stanisław Śmist sent…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1908-1918.
Despite the lack of statehood, Poles started construction and aviation activities earlier. In the years 1884-1918, work on the construction of heavier-than-air flying devices under the partitions and around the world was undertaken by over 100 compatriots. They designed more than 150 airplanes, of which about 110 were built and attempted to take off and…