Author: Karol
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Świdnik airport. Lublin Airport. 2013
Together with the construction of the WSK PZL Świdnik plant and its subsequent development, the City of Świdnik was established. For the builders and later employees of the Plant, brick residential barracks were built. The first were built near the railway tracks and in Franciszkanów.
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Lotnisko w Świdniku. PZL Świdnik. 2023
Since 2010, PZL-Świdnik has been part of Leonardo Helicopters. Everything indicates that the PZL-Świdnik plant has already had a difficult period behind it and from a manufacturer of helicopter components, it has again become a factory building final products. In 2016, the fuselages of the AW.109, AW.119, AW.139 and AW.101 helicopters were in production. By…
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Świdnik airport. WSK PZL Swidnik. 1950
Shortly after World War II, the School of Pilots and the Airport in Świdnik could not be revived. The main reason was the huge extermination of the Polish population during the occupation, as well as after it. The new communist authorities carefully covered the traces of pre-war Poland. The Zamość-Mokre Airport (1944) was designated as…
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Świdnik airport. Pilot school. 1934
Already in 1934, a decision was made to build an airport near Lublin. This happened after the victory of captain pilot Jerzy Bajan in the fourth International Tourist Aircraft Competition, called the Challenge International de Tourisme in 1934, on the RWD-9 aircraft. This aircraft was purchased thanks to voluntary contributions from the inhabitants of the…
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PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa, Piper PA-34 Seneca II. 1979r. Part 3
Rectangular wings. The rake of the leading edge is 0 degrees. Only at the root of the wing, small inflows were added. NACA 652415 profile, positive rise of 7 degrees, two-piece, single-girder, shell, metal construction. 11 basic frames were mounted to the girder, and stringers to them. Frize ailerons, slotted flaps, 4-position. Pneumatic anti-icing system…
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PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa, Piper PA-34 Seneca II. 1979r. Part 2
To be honest, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, the Polish Aviation Industry did not have a modern piston engine for lightweight aircraft structures. There were two solutions to this situation. Allocate significant amounts of money for own development research of Polish structures, or purchase licenses. Both solutions had advantages and disadvantages. Nevertheless,…
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PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa, Piper PA-34 Seneca II. 1979. Part 1
Piper Aircraft is an American company, one of the most recognizable aviation companies in the world. It was founded in September 1927 by brothers Clarence Gilbert Taylor and Gordon A. Taylor in Rochester, New York as Aircraft Manufacturing Company Brothers. A little later it took the name Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation. Gordon A. Taylor died…
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PZL PZL-110 Koliber. 1978r. Part 2
Despite the permanent crisis in the Polish People’s Republic, the production of PZL-110 Koliber aircraft went forward. The plane was highly appreciated in Aeroclubs. Also, global trends indicated that the market of small aircraft with small, economical engines would continue to develop. There was also the possibility of exporting aircraft manufactured in Poland to the…
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PZL PZL-110 Koliber. 1978. Part 1
Before we discuss the PZL-110 Koliber aircraft, we must move to France, to the town of Tarbes, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Here was located the Morane-Saulnier aircraft factory, transformed into SEMMS, then GEMMS and finally (1966) SOCATA. The history of the construction we are interested in began in 1958. It was then that…
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RWD-DWL RWD-8. 1933
In March 1933, Jerzy Wędrychowski, Stanisław Rogalski and Jerzy Drzewiecki founded the Experimental Aviation Workshops. In 1933, a team of engineers developed the RWD-8 trainer aircraft. The aircraft was selected as a standard training aircraft for the Polish Military Aviation. 100 RWD-8 aircraft were built in the Experimental Aviation Workshops, and another 500 aircraft in…