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  • Aircraft engines – Rotary engines – Part 2

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    Karol

    Description for the photo: 9-cylinder, radial, rotary, air-cooled engine, 130 HP. Built in France in 1915. The engine was manufactured under license in the UK and the USA. The engine was mounted on the following airplanes: Sopwith Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Nieuport 17.

  • An aircraft engine. Part 01

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    Karol

    When we look at an airplane and we see a propeller, we say a propeller plane, and when we don’t see a propeller we say a jet airplane. Simple and logical. However, the issue of propulsion of airplanes and other aircraft is more complicated. Before we present the general division of drives, we will start…

  • Lublinek – Łódź Airport. 2016

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    Karol

    Łódź Airport is one of several communication airports in Poland. Airport Władysława Reymonta has a very good location. The location of the Łódź Airport allows for quick access to the very center of the city, to Piotrkowska Street and to the Łódź Kaliska railway station. Within a dozen or so minutes you can reach Łódź…

  • Navigation history. Tupolew Tu-144. 2016.

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    Karol

    This article is not intended to compare the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 postal airliner with the Anglo-French Concorde commercial plane, because these planes cannot be compared. Concorde was designed to carry 100 passengers at a speed of 2 Ma across the Atlantic Ocean. This plane still arouses admiration and respect today. The Tu-144 aircraft, on the…

  • F-16 Jastrząb. 2015

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    Karol

    Already in 2012, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Poland began talks on the subject of arming the Polish Army. – "We have rockets enabling the destruction of ground targets from a distance of 75 km, but we would like to increase the destruction capabilities to 300 km" – said General Mieczysław…

  • Military forces of the CCCP in Poland. 1944-1994. 2015.

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    Karol

    This article is subjective and serves only to signal a "problem" that existed in Poland for 50 years, and is now at least passed over in silence and considered non-existent. No publication on this subject has been published so far. The Moscow State Occupation Army (CCCP) was the problem. So – "Kurica not bird. Poland…

  • Szprotawa Airport. 2015.

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    Karol

    Forest complexes stretching from Lubin, Polkowice and Głogów towards the west to this day hide a huge number of military facilities. There are military garrisons, warehouses, bunkers, airports, training grounds, former POW camps and others. Most of these facilities were built at the time when these areas belonged to the Prussian-German side. After the Second…

  • Mikojan i Guriewicz MiG-21 bis Nb 8745, 9345. 2015.

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    Karol

    The MiG-21 bis aircraft belongs to the fourth and last generation of MiG-21 fighters. This is a typical representative of the front fighter. Capable of maneuvering at close distances and at low altitudes. From the MiG-21 SM / FM version (third generation), it was distinguished by the engine and the fuel system.

  • Wroclaw Military Pilot Team. 1958-1963.

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    Karol

    The growing popularity of air shows has enlivened the public’s interest in aerial acrobatics performed on combat aircraft. Both in individual and team shows. Polish teams include the Biało Czerwone Iskry team using TS-11 Iskra planes and the Orlik team flying PZL-130 Orlik planes.

  • 12th Aviation Picnic of the Euroregion Beskidy. Bielsko-Biala. 2015.

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    Karol

    The Aviation Picnic at the Airport in Bielsko Biała is an event that has become a permanent fixture in the air show calendar. It is one of those events that end the amateur aviation season. The main organizer and host of the picnic was Aeroklub Bielsko-Bialski. The second organizer was the Bielsko Biała Commune. A…