Author: Karol
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Łask airport. 2013
As a result of structural transformations, and above all the accession of the Republic of Poland to NATO, on December 31, 2000, the 10th PLM was disbanded. In its place, the 10th Fighter Aviation Squadron and the 32nd Air Base were established. The date of establishment of these units is January 1, 2001. The newly…
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Łask airport. 2012
The airport is located about 5 km south-east of Łask. It is situated between roads No. 44 and No. 483 in the village of Brodnica. Geographical coordinates 51.33 N, 19.10 E, at an altitude of 193 m above sea level. It has a runway with a concrete surface, dimensions 2,500 m x 60 m, with…
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Airport in Darłowo. 2012
In 2010, Darłowo Airport was part of the structures of the 44th Naval Aviation Base, which also had Babie Doły Airport and Siemirowice Airport under its command. Darłowo Airport, although it was used by the Polish Navy, performed typical police and SAR tasks in the Baltic Sea. It was also open to GA traffic. Darłowo…
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Krakow Aviation Picnic. 2023
In 2023, the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków celebrated its 60th anniversary. The Polish Aviation Museum, as the Aviation and Astronautics Museum, was established in 1963 at the Rakowice-Czyżyny military-civil airport, which at that time was scheduled to be closed due to the construction of the "Nowa Huta" residential district in Krakow and a metallurgical…
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Canadair CL-415. 2023.
The Canadair CL-415 is an aircraft specially developed as a firefighting aircraft using dropped water bombs. The aircraft belongs to amphibious aircraft, i.e. it is capable of landing both on land (RWY) and on water. The aircraft is specifically designed for aerial firefighting, but can perform other tasks as well; search and rescue (SAR missions)…
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OTHER AIRPORTS Rome, Ciampino. 2023
A few words about airports in Rome. Currently (2023) Rome has two commercial airports. The first of them was built in the town of Ciampino near Rome, in the south-eastern direction, about 15 km from the center of Rome. The date of establishment of the airport can be assumed as 1918. The airport had military…
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Flight Ciampino – Balice. 2023
Here a few words about airports in Rome. Currently (2023) Rome has two commercial airports. The first of them was built in the town of Ciampino near Rome, in the south-eastern direction, about 15 km from the center of Rome. The date of establishment of the airport can be assumed as 1918. The airport had…
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Flight Balice – Ciampino. 2023
The Irish airline Ryanair, headquartered in Dublin, was founded by the Ryan family in 1985. Already in 2010, the carrier offered about 1,500 flights a day to 54 airports in 27 countries in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. In 2012, the airline carried around 78 million passengers. The carrier is also present in Poland and…
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Modlin airport. 2013
It must be honestly written that Modlin Airport was lucky. The airport did not share the fate of most post-military airports in the Republic of Poland and despite considerable difficulties, it is on the aviation map of the world. The reconstruction of the post-military Modlin Airport into a passenger (commercial) airport began in October 2010.…
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Modlin airport. 2011
In 2003, due to the exhaustion of the transport capacity of the largest civil airport in Poland, Okęcie, plans to build a new Central Airport, sometimes called the National Airport, were revived. Initial work was carried out by analysts who determined that the Polish CAP (Central Airport) should cover an area of 1,300 hectares. A…