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Author: Karol

  • Navigation history. Airport equipment. Available cars

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    Karol

    The GAZ-69 is a Soviet all-terrain vehicle produced in the period 1952-1955 at the GAZ plant in Gorky and until 1972 at the UAZ plant in Ulyanovsk (designated UAZ-69). It was the basic light off-road vehicle in the armies and services of the communist bloc and other countries in the economic or military sphere of…

  • Navigation history. Organizational Air Force in the 70s the XX century. 2014.

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    Karol

    The regiment was headed by a commander with the Regiment’s Command and the Staff. The commander was a pilot, usually had the rank of colonel and higher education, and was a member of the PZPR party. The commander reported directly to the Division or Corps commander. The commander had to help: Deputy commander for training.…

  • The structure of the Polish Army Aviation in the 70s of the 20th century.

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    Karol

    In the 70s, MiG-21 MF aircraft were the basic fighters in the Polish Army. The presented aircraft was used in the 10th PLM in Łaski. One of its pilots was Captain Andrzej Śliwiński. After service, the aircraft went to the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow.

  • Navigation history. Airport equipment. Cars from CCCP

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    Karol

    As it will turn out in this article, a lot of various types of cars from the East were used in the Polish Army during the communist era. This situation was mainly due to the fact that the Moscow state provided us with specialist equipment already built; radio stations, radio lines, radar stations, aggregates, etc.…

  • Navigation history. Airport equipment. JELCZ cars

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    Karol

    Jelczańskie Zakłady Samochodowego is the second largest producer of trucks in Poland. The plants were located in Jelcz-Laskowice. They specialized in the production of heavy trucks. There were much fewer JELCZ trucks in the Polish Army than STAR trucks. This was due to several reasons, most notably the higher purchase price. JELCZ trucks turned out…

  • Navigation history. Airport equipment. STAR cars

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    Karol

    Two Polish truck brands were popular in the Polish Army; STAR from Starachowice (from 1948) and JELCZ in Jelcz-Laskowice (from 1952). The vehicles of these manufacturers were the most popular in Poland. Often built special for the needs of the Polish Army. The name STAR should not be associated with the English language – a…

  • Babie Doły Airport. Port Kosakowo. 2014.

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    Karol

    The hero of this article is the non-functioning Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport, which physically exists only in the form of a deteriorating Terminal and a pile of papers, declarations, arrangements and EU funds that had to be returned. This is another shame for Poland, under the rule of the Masonic-Liberal coalition of the Civic Platform and the…

  • Ławica-Poznań Airport. 2014.

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    Karol

    On November 4, 2001, a new, modern Terminal was opened at Ławica Airport, which architecturally resembled an outstretched parachute. The area of ​​the Terminal was 14,000 square meters, and the capacity of 1.2 – 1.5 million passengers per year. The airport could handle 430 passengers on arrival and 450 on departure simultaneously per hour, which…

  • Wrocław Strachowice. 2014

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    Karol

    Airport them. Nicholas Copernicus in Wrocław is located in the south-western part of Wrocław, approx. 10 km from the city center, near the Wrocław Motorway Bypass, which can be accessed from the airport, among others both from the side of Warsaw from the S8 road, from Poznań from the national road No. 5, and from…

  • 47 Liaison and Sanitary Regiment. Training Helicopter Regiment. 1963-2000.

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    Karol

    The 47th Liaison and Sanitary Aviation Regiment was formed by order of the Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army No. 09 / Org of January 16, 1963. The order of the Ministry of National Defense was issued on February 9, 1963. The regiment was formed on May 15, 1963 in Radzyń Podlaski. Disbanded…