Author: Karol

  • 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Słupsk. 2024

    28th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Słupsk. 2024

    Redzikowo 2024-08-24 As long as the participants who made history are alive, the memory of the 28th Słupsk Fighter Aviation Regiment will remain alive. The 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment is formed. September 17, 1952. The 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed on the basis of the Order of the Ministry of National Defense No. 0096…

  • 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Słupsk. Redzikowo housing estate and aircraft. 2024

    28th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Słupsk. Redzikowo housing estate and aircraft. 2024

    Słupsk 2024-08-23 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Słupsk. Redzikowo housing estate and aircraft. Geographic coordinates: 54.470N 17.101E. Elevation 60 m (196.85 ft). An important memento of the 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment is the exhibition of fighter aircraft located on the premises of the housing estate in Redzikowo near Słupsk. The 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment in…

  • The Piła airport. 2024

    The Piła airport. 2024

    Piła 2024-08-07 Geographical coordinates: 53.169N 16.710E. Elevation 80.00 m (262 ft). The former military airport at Piła. Not much has changed at the Piła airfield in recent years. The Aeroclub is active and the Piła Military Museum has been established. Several companies have rented shelter-hangars and adopted them for their own needs. Part of the…

  • The Piła airport. 2012

    The Piła airport. 2012

    Piła 2012-05-28 Geographical coordinates: 53.169N 16.710E. Elevation 80.00 m (262 ft). History of Piła Airport. Second Piła Airport. Due to the start of aircraft production at the Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke GmbH plant and the opening of a pilot school, it was necessary to open a new Airport. Its flying field was located to the west…

  • The Piła airport. 2011

    The Piła airport. 2011

    Piła 2011-05-28 Geographical coordinates: 53.169N 16.710E. Elevation 80.00 m (262 ft). History of Pila Airport. City of Piła. The city of Piła is located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship and is the seat of the County. In the period 1975-1998, it was the capital of Piła Province. The city is situated on the river Gwda,…

  • Museum in Tomaszowice near Krakow. 2024

    Museum in Tomaszowice near Krakow. 2024

    Kraków 01-08-2024 Geographical coordinates: 50.135N 19.842E. Museum in Tomaszowice near Krakow. 2024 The Tomaszowice Rescue Museum has been enriched with another aircraft; a PZL W-3 AS Sokół rescue helicopter. The exhibit has travelled a long way from the Canary Islands to Tomaszowice. The helicopter is a gift from the manufacturer, the PZL Świdnik factory, to…

  • Nowy Targ 2024. XIII Nowotarski Air Show.

    Nowy Targ 2024. XIII Nowotarski Air Show.

    Nowy Targ 31.07.2024. On 6-7 July 2024, Aeroclub Nowy Targ was the organiser of the 13th Nowy Targ Aviation Picnic. The Aeroclub is an heir to the aviation traditions of Podhale, which was started by the Tatra Aeroclub in 1957. The event is cyclical and has an open-air character. The arena is the flying field…

  • PZL Świdnik Leonardo AW.149. 2024

    PZL Świdnik Leonardo AW.149. 2024

    Świdnik 2024-07-18 AW.149 helicopter. The AW.149 helicopter was selected for the Polish Army as part of a programme to acquire multi-role support helicopters under the code name ‘Perkoz’. The first two helicopters have already been delivered to the soldiers of the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. This is the result of a contract…

  • Agusta Westland AW.101. 2024

    Agusta Westland AW.101. 2024

    Świdnik 2024-07-16 This article is a continuation of the text under the title “PZL Świdnik AgustaWestland EH-101 / AW.101. 2018.” Among other things, that article talks about the history of the company and the development of the helicopter design, which was realised in the AW.101. It also mentions the Polish participation in the Agusta company.…

  • Iliuszyn Ił-10, AVIA B-33. 2024r.

    Iliuszyn Ił-10, AVIA B-33. 2024r.

    Kraków 2024-07-15 Assault aircraft Ilyushin Il-10, AVIA B-33. The Ilyushin Il-10 is a Soviet attack aircraft developed at the end of World War II at OKB Ilyushin. The Il-10 aircraft was mass produced in the CCCP. Also after the war, it was produced in Czechoslovakia as the Avia B-33. In Poland, only three copies remain…