Author: Karol
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Perspektywy – LOT Polish Airlines. 2014
The vast majority of the media predicted the rapid collapse of the Polish company PLL LOT. Perhaps it will. However, the main task of these media is to create a social feeling that nothing can be done and LOT Polish Airlines should be sold or brought to a fall. These media hid that the company…
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WSK Nr 4 PZL Okęcie PZL-101 Gawron. 1958
On the basis of the Jak-12 M aircraft, it was decided to build an agricultural aircraft. The case was difficult, because the Jak-12 had a lifting capacity of only 350 kg, with a maximum volume of 470 liters. The constructors realized that this solution was provisional and it would be necessary to build a typical…
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19 Airborne Squadron in Słupsk. 1954-1999.
The first half of the 1950s was a period of rapid increase in the number of new, modern fighter aircraft produced in Polish factories. This large amount of modern equipment forced an increase in the number of flying personnel, and thus the development of education for future aces of the sky. Following this line of…
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30 Kashubian Patron-Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron MW. 2003-2010.
The result of another restructuring in the Polish Naval Aviation was the transformation of the squadron into the 30th Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron on January 1, 2003. In 2007, the unit additionally adopted a distinctive name and became the 30th Kashubian Aviation Squadron.
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7 Tactical Aviation Squadron in Powidz and Świdwin 1999-2010
At the end of the 90s, 7 PLB-R (7th Bomber Reconnaissance Regiment) took place. This was related to Poland’s accession to NATO and the transition to the Air Base and Air Squadron system. On the basis of the ordinance of the Minister of National Defense No. PF-74 / Org of 15.07.1999 and Order of the…
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61 Training-Combat Aviation Regiment in Biała Podlaska. 1958-2000.
SB Lim-2 nb 018 nr 1A06018. 2012 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
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Rzeszów Jasionka Airport. 2014.
Rzeszów Jasionka Airport – Rzeszów International Airport, IATA code: RZE, ICAO code: EPRZ. In 2012, the airport handled 562,000 passengers, making it the 7th place in Poland in terms of the number of passengers. Jasionka has the second longest runway, after Okęcie, with dimensions of 3,200 x 45 m and is able to receive the…
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Wide-body planes. 2014.
In the period 1960-1980, transport planes with a turbojet drive dominated air transport. This period culminated in commercial passenger airliners; Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 and Convair 880/990 which were powered by turbojet engines. The first two designs were designed to take as many passengers on board as possible. Convair 880/990, on the other hand, were…