Author: Karol
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Halberstadt CL.II. 1917.
The Halberstadt CL.II construction was assigned a large spectrum of tasks; from hunting, through reconnaissance (assault) to reconnaissance tasks. The planes were to operate in groups and cover each other. Serial production began and then the aircraft was designated Halberstadt CL.II. Production was also started in other factories. In total, about 1,200 aircraft were built.
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Fokker E.V. (D.VIII). 1918.
Fokker E.V plane (D.VIII) is a single-seat, light fighter aircraft from the period of the Great World War. The aircraft was developed by engineer Reinhold Platz. The prototype flew in the spring of 1918. Only a small number of planes made it to the front before the armistice was announced. Initially, the aircraft was marked…
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Deutsche Flugzeugwerke DFW C.V. 1916.
The DFW C.V aircraft belonged to a family of Germanic aircraft developed for the Great World War in 1916. The family included airplanes; DFW C.II, DFW C.IV, DFW C.V, DFW C.VI and DFW F37. Initially, the planes were supposed to be reconnaissance only, but they were quickly armed with one machine gun on a turntable…
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Aero L-60 Brigadyr. 2022.
Aero L-60 Brigadyr is a light Czechoslovak aircraft adapted for liaison, dispatch and tourist operations. The aircraft was tried to be adapted to sanitary and agro-aviation tasks. In both of these tasks, the plane failed. There was a proposal to produce the aircraft as an armed, so-called counter-partisan, which was not implemented.
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Suchoj Su-22 M4K nb 22. 2022.
The entire history of the Sukhoi Su-22 M 4 K nb 22 aircraft is not known. Perhaps it was one of the aircraft that was not suitable for flights due to damage to the airframe structure. It may have been a non-flying aircraft donated by the CCCP as a teaching aid to technicians. This story…
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Mikojan i Guriewicz MiG-23 MF nb 456. 2022.
Our politicians and the military encountered the MiG-23 aircraft for the first time when they were looking for a successor to the Il-28 bomber aircraft. The last 6 bombers were decommissioned in 1979, but for the entire decade they were no longer of any combat value. CCCP offered us MiG-23 BN or Su-20 aircraft. Both…
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WSK PZL Świdnik Mi-2 nb 2029. 2022.
The Mil Mi-2 helicopter is one of the most recognizable helicopters in the world. In the NATO code Mi-2 was named Hoplite. (Hoplite is a heavily armed foot soldier in ancient Greece from the 7th to the 4th century BC). The helicopter also received several dialectal names, including the most popular "Kettle". It was designed…
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Avions Marcel Dassault Mirage III-C. 2022.
The Mirage III aircraft is a further development of the Mirage I aircraft. On June 18, 1959, on one of the Mirage III-A prototypes, the world speed record in a 100 km closed circuit was set, achieving an average flight speed of 1,771 km/h. The Mirage III-C version entered service with the French Army.