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  • Okęcie Airport. 2011

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    Karol

    Okęcie had to wait until 1992 for a new station (terminal). This coincided with socio-economic changes in Poland. The terminal was designed in 1991. Initially, it was called the Terminal of the Okęcie International Airport. Nobody knew then that another Terminal would be needed so soon.

  • 2 Fighter Aviation Squadron in Mierzęcice. 1989-1999.

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    Karol

    In 1987, the 39th PLM was disbanded. Operational MiG-21 PFM aircraft were transferred to the 10th PLM in Łask. Some MiG-21 PF aircraft in the spotlight of cameras were cut for scrap at the beginning of 1990 as a unilateral reduction of armaments. The airport area in Mierzęcice also became a non-permanent base for decommissioned…

  • 39 Fighter Aviation Regiment in Mierzęcice. 1951-1987.

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    Karol

    Jak-23 nb 16. 2008 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

  • F-16 Jastrząb. 2010

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    Karol

    As part of the Squadron Exchange, on 5-12.05.2010, there was a bilateral training at the Airport of Graces. 32 BLotT Graces and 52 US Air Force Combat Wings based in Spangdahlem (Germany) took part in the exercise. Three F-16 aircraft arrived from Germany, which exactly belonged to the 22 Tactical Squadron. This squadron is one…

  • The New Building of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow. 2010.

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    Karol

    On September 18, 2010, two years after the start of construction, a new main range of the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków, Czyżyny, was opened. It is also one of the elements of the Aviation Cultural Park being created. Krakow gained a modern cultural and museum facility. Thanks to this, the historical place still retains…

  • The radiolocation museum – Jelenia Góra. 2010

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    Karol

    A permanent exhibition of radar equipment was opened in Łomnica in 2005. Address ul. Widokowa, right next to the petrol station. The equipment could be made available to tourists thanks to the cooperation of many military organizations. The open-air museum is a branch of the Giant Mountains Museum in Jelenia Góra. The aim of the…

  • Rakowice-Czyżyny Aviation Cultural Park. 2010.

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    Karol

    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…

  • Another new exhibits at MLP in Czyżyny. 2010.

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    Karol

    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…

  • Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 3

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    Karol

    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…

  • Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 2

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    Karol

    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…