Author: Karol
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Aircraft Engines – Turboprop – Part 27
Despite the Allison T40 program failure, Allison continued to develop a single-turbine turboprop engine, as was the Allison T38 engine. The T56 engine was developed especially for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Over several decades, the Allison / Rolls Royce T56 engine has been built in over 18,000 units. The engine was used to…
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Aircraft Engines – Turboprop – Part 28
The Soviet Mi-1 and Mi-4 helicopters were powered by piston engines. Turbine engines have already been widely introduced in the West. The Russians managed to obtain the Allison 250 engine. On its basis, Sergei Isotov’s team developed their own engine, which was designated GTD-350. The first engine start took place in 1961. The engine in…
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Aircraft Engines – Turboprop – Part 29
In Poland, turboprop engines were encountered in the 60 years, when LOT Polish Airlines received Il-18 (1961) aircraft with Ivcheniko AI-20 engines and An-24 aircraft (1966) with Ivchenko AI-24 engines. The same engines were used in the military An-12 (Ivchenko AI-20, 1966) and in the An-26 (Ivchenko AI-24, 1972). These engines were not produced in…
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New exhibits at MLP in Czyżyny. 2010.
I will be the first to mention the extremely interesting Jaguar combat aircraft. It is a supersonic, twin-engine tactical support aircraft, designed for precise attack on point targets with classic bombs, guided bombs and guided missiles. The plane is the fruit of British-French cooperation. For economic reasons, on May 17, 1965, the governments of France…
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Nuclear weapons in Poland. 2007.
Probably no one doubts that with the end of World War II, Poland did not regain its sovereignty. We existed on the world map as a separate country, but extremely dependent on the Kremlin. It was there that the most important decisions concerning our fate were made. Secretaries of the only rightful party of the…
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Reflections after the 8th Meeting of Aviation Generations of Mielec – Teofil Lenartowicz. 2018.
A week after the meeting mentioned in the title, it is worth sharing your own reflection and observations made in the last days. These are strange reflections, since it is so hard to break through the historical truth. It is not for me to assess why the people responsible for spreading the aviation history of…
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WSK PZL Świdnik Company. 2019
The airport in Świdnik near Lublin was established in 1934. It happened after the victory of captain pilot Jerzy Bajan in the fourth International Tourist Flight Competition called the Challenge International Tourisme in 1934, on the RWD-9. This aircraft was purchased from voluntary contributions from the inhabitants of the Lublin region. A Pilots School was…
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Leszno Airport. 2018
Leszno is a city of speedway and motorboat sports. However, Leszno is primarily a center of gliding sports, as well as gliding, airplane, propeller and parachute training. It is in Leszno that the world’s largest gliding competition takes place.
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Lwów Airport. 2015
The interest in aeronautics in Lviv dates back very early. Already in 1884, the Aeronautical Society was founded, which published the periodical Aeronaut (Astronaut). One of the first of its kind in the world. The Society, however, did not last long. Lviv was a thriving academic center. Mechanical flight was dealt with by the machine-building…
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The airport in Powidz. 2019
At the moment, 33. Transport Aviation Base is part of the 3rd Wing of Aviation Transport. The largest Polish Lockheed C-130 E Hercules transport planes with a lifting capacity of 33,000 kg have been stationed here since 2009. Also based here are: PZL M-28 Bryza planes, Mi-17 TU helicopters, Mi-24 W helicopters, PZL W-3 Sokół…