Author: Karol
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PZL Mielec M-15 Belfegor. 2015.
The sad news reached me a few days ago from Mielec, namely that the main constructor leading the construction of the Belphegor aircraft, MSc. Kazimierz Gocyła. I would like to express my deep regret and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased constructor. I would also like to perpetuate the memory of this…
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 12
A new reality has come. After the German occupation, came the Soviet occupation. The structures of the new state were being built with the blessing of the Kremlin. The first offices of the People’s Republic of Poland and the first ministries were organized. At the same time ruthlessly combating the pre-war legal order. Some people…
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Mikojan i Guriewicz MiG-29. 2014.
In July 2014, it was the 25th anniversary of the MiG-29 fighter aircraft in Polish Military Aviation. On this occasion, parties were organized, decorations were given and officers were given. Several air shows were organized during which Polish pilots demonstrated their skills.
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 10
General Ludomił Rayski, head of the Aeronautics Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs pursued such a policy that the entire Polish Aviation Industry should be concentrated in state hands. This had good and bad sides. However, for Zakład Plage i Laśkiewicz it meant nationalization or liquidation. This happened when the order for 50 Lublin…
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 11
In just two decades of the Second Polish Republic, it was possible to create a thriving and high-level Polish Aviation Industry. Dozens of prototypes were developed and hundreds of serial aircraft built that successfully competed with the best Western designs. They were exported to several countries. Both in the form of finished products and licenses.…
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 08
On January 22, 1925, at the request of the City Council, the City Council of Warsaw decided to buy the areas of Okęcie, Paluch and Służewiec for a modern airport and sports facilities. In 1933, the construction of a new military airport and airport for air communication began at Okęcie. The Mokotów airport was not…
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 09
PZL-19 – the first flight in May 1932, tourist, professional, sport aircraft, 1-engine low wing aircraft. The second version of PZL-19/2 flown in January 1933, and the version PZL-19/3 in August 1933.
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 07
The Experimental Aviation Workshop in short DWL was a Polish aviation company that designed and produced planes under the RWD designation. We can take December 1925 – September 1, 1939 as the time frame.
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Wilno Airport. 2015.
The first settlement in today’s Vilnius was established in the 11th century. The first mention of the existence of the city dates back to the 14th century (1323). Trakai was the most important settlement at that time. It is known that in 1365, Vilnius was attacked by the Teutonic Order, which captured and burned it.…
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 06-1
Baron Stanisław Różyczki de Rosenwerth was a highly educated man. He studied at universities in Western Europe. He was a manufacturer and financier. Clever and resourceful. After Poland regained independence, he returned to his family estate to build a better future. In 1923, enterprising and full of initiative Stanisław Rosenwerth, having learned about the emerging,…