Author: Karol
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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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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…
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Tupolew Tu-2 1949.
In the second half of the 1930s in the CCCP, as part of a political purge, many talented designers were imprisoned. But the impending threat of war made Stalin decide to use their knowledge and abilities. He organized prison construction offices in the Lubianka prison. First for Petlakow, then for others, including Andrei Nikałajewicz Tupolev.…
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1 Tactical Aviation Squadron in Mińsk Mazowiecki. 2000-2010.
On January 1, 2001, as a result of the restructuring of the Air Force and Air Defense, two military units were established in place of the 1st Fighter Aviation Regiment (1. PLM): First – 23rd Air Base – a logistics unit that took over the economic property of the 1st Regiment . The second -…