Author: Karol
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TS-16 Grot. 1965
Mielec 2008-09-20 History of the TS-16 Grot. 198b Section 1965. PZL TS-16 Grot. The PZL TS-16 Grot was intended to be a supersonic trainer and attack/combat aircraft. The aircraft was intended for the Polish Army, replacing the PZL TS-11 Iskra. However, the aircraft was never built and remained in draft form. It’s very difficult to…
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MiG-21 aircraft accidents and crashes in Poland.
Kraków 2020-01-02 MiG-21 aircraft accidents and crashes in Poland. Disasters, accidents and breakdowns involving MiG-21 aircraft of all versions. Over the 40 years of MiG-21 fighter aircraft’s operation, approximately 90 accidents and crashes occurred. Forty-four pilots and three people on the ground were killed. A total of 582 MiG-21 aircraft were operated by the Polish…
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PZL-130 Orlik, piston engine. Tally. 2008.
Kraków 2008-09-05 271c Section 1984-10-12 PZL-130 Orlik. Poland. Tally. 000 – mockup. It was built in full size in 1982. The mockup received multi-colored (yellow, brown, and blue) camouflage and the fictitious nb 0252. 001 – non-flight prototype. Designated for fatigue testing. 002 – first flight prototype. Registration SP-PCA. First flight on October 12, 1984,…
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PZL-130 Orlik, piston engine. Design. 2008.
PZL-130 Orlik, piston engine. Design. 2008. 271c Section 1984-10-12 Krakow, September 5, 2008 PZL-130 Design Single-engine, two-seat low-wing trainer aircraft of metal construction. Piston engine. NACA 642215 wing profile modified for constant aileron and flap chord. Lift +5 degrees, fuselage wing angle 0 degrees, geometric twist 3 degrees. The structure is a single-section, box-shaped, multi-spar…
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PZL-130 Orlik, piston engine. History. 2008.
PZL-130 Orlik, piston engine. History. 2008. Kraków 2008-09-05 271c Section 1984-10-12 The mock jet aircraft. The global fuel crisis in the 1970s forced the governments of many countries to seek cost savings, even in military aviation. A search began for aircraft designs that were cheaper to operate and, above all, burned less fuel. As an…
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PKW Orlik 2 mission 2008
Kraków 2008-08-01 Polish Military Contingent Orlik 2 in Lithuania. On March 12, 2008, at the 22nd Air Base in Malbork, a farewell was held for the Polish Military Contingent “Orlik 2,” which was heading to Lithuania to perform air policing duties as part of the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS), ensuring the protection of…
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Mission of PKW Orlik 1. 2006
Kraków 1.08.2008 Polish Military Contingent Orlik in Lithuania. Air Policing – Mission of PKW Orlik. 2006 In accordance with the signed agreement, the NATO pact undertook the air defense of the three Baltic countries; Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which are unable to maintain fighter aviation on their own, and joined NATO on March 29, 2004.…
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Offset for the F-16 from the perspective of five years. 2008.
Kraków 2008-03-21 The matter of the offset for the F-16 planes from the perspective of five years. What is offset? In order to understand the essence of offset well, we must go back to the turn of the 80’s / 90’s. We had the first free elections in Poland, the Berlin Wall is torn down…
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Gripen for Poland. 2008
Kraków 2008-03-18 SAAB JAS-39 Gripen multi-role combat aircraft for Poland. SAAB JAS-39 Gripen multi-role combat aircraft for Poland. Introduction To avoid any doubt, we supported Poland’s purchase of the SAAB JAS-39 Gripen multi-role combat aircraft. We considered this aircraft a successful design that well-suited to our defense needs. Future cooperation in developing subsequent versions of…
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62nd Fighter Aviation Regiment in Krzesiny. 1954-1994
Kraków 2008-01-29 62nd Fighter Aviation Training Regiment. 62nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. 1954. The 62nd Fighter Aviation Training Regiment was established as a result of the need for a training unit capable of converting graduates of the Officer Aviation School No. 5 in Radom to turbojet aircraft. Young pilots left the academy with little experience in…