Author: Karol
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Rakowice-Czyżyny Aviation Cultural Park. 2010.
Most museums entirely devoted to the history of aviation are forced to manage quite small parts of the area off the beaten track of still active airports. A completely different situation takes place in Krakow, the local Polish Aviation Museum is in the possession of a large part of the historic, now no longer used…
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Another new exhibits at MLP in Czyżyny. 2010.
2010 is particularly successful when it comes to new exhibits for the Polish Aviation Museum in Czyżyny in Krakow. We haven’t got enough time yet; Jaguar, CM 170 Super Magister, Mi-8 and Bell CH-136, and we already have new products. It certainly makes aviation enthusiasts happy. But most of all words of appreciation are due…
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 3
There are two airports in Smolensk. One located south of the city center. They can be described as civil, sport or sanitary airports. It is an airport with poor infrastructure. It was used by small planes. RWY is 1 600 m long. Concrete pavement. Shortly after the catastrophe (on April 10, 2010), many journalists suspected…
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 2
When in the first part (Part 1) we wrote about the huge consequences for the Republic of Poland, much larger than September 11, 2001, for the USA, we meant the lack of people who were the engines of many undertakings. There are irreplaceable people. People who with their developed talents strengthened the spirit in the…
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 1
It’s only been 10 days since the crash. It’s hard to accept what happened. The mourning and funerals of other victims continue. The investigative work will probably last for many more years. But it is difficult not to present the facts, comments and assessments collected so far. The entire article is subjective and you can…
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Słupsk – Redzikowo Airport. 2010.
The airport was popularly called Słupsk Airport. But there were two airports near Słupsk. One to the south of the city is the Aeroclub airport, the other to the east is a former military airport and it is the hero of this article. The airport was located in the village of Redzikowo. But for the…
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Petlakow Pe-2. 1945.
The consolidation of Bolshevik power in CCCP made the development of the state even more limited. Agriculture and industry have been neglected. The Bolsheviks were arming themselves to destroy any counter-revolution. Stalin, who was a land general, did not understand the military aviation and navy. His armaments were directed only at land operations. Do not…
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Malbork Airport. 2010.
Królewo – Malbork Airport on the Map of Poland. 2010 year. The work by Karol Placha Hetman
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41 Tactical Aviation Squadron in Malbork. 2000-2010.
Emblem of the 41st ELT on the MiG-29 aircraft. 2010 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman
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Okęcie Airport. 2010.
When Okęcie Airport was opened in 1934, there were no paved runways. The take-off field was built in the shape of an ellipse, according to the French models of the time. The taxiing areas consisted of two parts. The first is a concrete platform slab. It was situated in front of the station buildings and…