Author: Karol

  • Navigation history. Airport equipment. Cars from CCCP

    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

    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

    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.

    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.

    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

    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.

    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…

  • Navigation history. One pilot in the cockpit. 2014.

    In commercial aviation, the time is approaching when there will be only one pilot-captain in the cockpit of a commercial plane flying at an altitude of 37,000 ft. In 2010, the head of one of the largest low-cost airlines Ryanair, Mr. Michael O’Leary, threw the slogan – "One pilot in the cockpit". And there was…

  • Reorganization of the Polish Army. 2014.

    Under the rule of the Masonic-liberal Government of the Republic of Poland headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk (who fled to Brussels after the mess he left behind in the Commonwealth), and for several weeks Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz (the coalition of the Civic Platform and the Polish People’s Party) has been systematically dismantling the…

  • SAAB 340. 2014

    The SAAB-340 SF-340 is a medium-sized, medium-haul, communication, passenger and cargo aircraft. The plane was developed by the Swedish company SAAB. The plane made its first flight on January 25, 1983. Since 2000, SAAB 340 planes have been used in Poland.