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Author: Karol

  • Radiolocation at the airport. 2013.

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    Karol

    ZDPSR Bystra – A Polish-made Radar Station, PIT-RADWAR S.A., capable of transfer, installed on an armored Żubr-P vehicle. The radar is a modern, three-coordinate station equipped with an antenna with active electronic scanning (AESA). Used in short range (SHORAD) and very short range (VSHORAD) air defense systems. The radar is multi-functional and multi-purpose with versatile…

  • Radars 1945.

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    Karol

    Due to the fact that Polish achievements in the field of radar are significant and on a global level, we will often refer to Polish radar equipment. Important note here; In the years of the Polish People’s Republic, it was a strictly secret area and important for our state. Therefore, little information has reached the…

  • Convair Liner CV-240. 1957

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    Karol

    Convair was originally named Consolidated-Vultee. The company was founded in 1923 as a Consolidated by the merger of the Dayton Wright Company and Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation factories. The founder was Mr. R. H. Fieet. In 1943, Consolidated merged with Vultee Aircraft Corporation to form a large company called Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Incorporated. Going forward, we…

  • Gliwice Airport. 2013

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    Karol

    Address Ul: Gliwice airport 44-100 Gliwice. Trynek district. Telephone: 32 2301592 Fax: 32 2301594. E-mail address: biuro@aeroklub.gliwice.pl. Distance from the city center 2,000 m (1.1 NM). Geographic coordinates of WGS-84; 50’16’09.90 "N 018’40’22.05" E.

  • Lockheed L-10 Electra L-14 Super Electra. 1936.

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    Karol

    The Vega aircraft allowed Lockheed to gather valuable experience in the construction of high-speed aircraft with the only then effective piston-propeller drive. In the mid-1930s, it was already certain that passenger planes with a cruising speed of well over 200 km / h would be created. This will significantly shorten the time of transporting mail…

  • News at the Polish Aviation Museum. 2013.

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    Karol

    The Polish Aviation Museum is the largest and most dynamically developing facility of this type in the Republic of Poland and one of the most important in Europe. More exhibits are arriving systematically, and they are also presented more and more interestingly. The museum follows the recently fashionable trend of interactive museums. Although in such…

  • Vickers Viscount. 1962.

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    Karol

    All the reasons why the communists decided to buy Vickers Viscount (1962) are unknown, and this was the time when only the correct technique from CCCP reigned in the Polish People’s Republic. It should be assumed that the reason was the problems with accepting Russian planes at Western airports. Russian planes did not meet the…

  • Basics of geography in aviation. 2013.

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    Karol

    You cannot talk about navigation in aviation without knowing the basics of geography. Let’s start with what the Earth looks like. Its spherical shape was confirmed by sailors during great geographical discoveries (1450-1650). Then there were photos taken from stratospheric balloons and the first artificial satellites of the Earth. Cosmonauts and astronauts saw it with…

  • Navigation history. 2013.

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    Karol

    Navigation is as old as life on earth. Many animal species already had their innate navigational abilities. For example birds, headed by storks. Man unknowingly began to learn navigation from the moment of his hunting expeditions. Then there were military and commercial expeditions. Already in antiquity, there were the first travelers who described their expeditions.…

  • Lublinek – Łódź Airport. 2013.

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    Karol

    The idea of creating an airport near industrial Łódź was born in the first years after Poland regained its independence. Favorable land was found west of the city in the areas of Lublinek and Nowy Józefów. These lands were agricultural fields, and a large part of them was wasteland. Construction began in 1924. The airport…