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  • 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…

  • Ławica – Poznań Airport. 2013.

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    Karol

    Boeing B.737 airplane from the charter airline Enter Air on the platform of Ławica Airport. 2012 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

  • F-16 Jastrząb. 2012

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    Karol

    On January 4, 2011, the first flights in the new year were made. These flights were instructor-methodical flights. These were flights intended only for instructors who will train, check and perform instructor flights with subordinate flying personnel this year.

  • General Airport – Part 2. 2012

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    Karol

    The maneuvering area or movement area is the part of the aerodrome area intended for take-off, landing and taxiing of aircraft, excluding the aprons. In practice, the maneuvering area includes the take-off area, detailing runways and taxiways. Runways and taxiways are the most characteristic features of the maneuvering area, though not the only ones.

  • General airport – Part 1. 2012

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    Karol

    If you had answered this question 30 years ago, you would have to write two different answers. One answer to the question – What is the Military Airport? The second answer to the question – What is a Civil Airport? Currently, however, the differences between these airports are marginal. They apply only to individual objects,…

  • 36 Special Aviation Regiment. 1945-2010.

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    Karol

    The 36th Special Air Transport Regiment in Warsaw operated in the period 1945 – 2011. The regiment was intended for VIP transport and all other transport tasks commissioned by the state of Poland.