Author: Karol
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Airport in Radom – Sadków. 2011.
In July 1920, the 15th Fighter Squadron, which re-established combat readiness in Lwów and was re-armed with fighter planes, was to be transferred to Radom according to plans. The goal was to support the 4th Polish Army in the Battle of Warsaw. However, the squadron remained in Lwów, in III. Squadron supporting the 6th Polish…
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Airport in Radom – Sadków. 2010.
Radom is a beautiful and typically Polish city. Its history is long and very interesting. The vicinity of today’s Radom was already inhabited in the Mesolithic era (8,000 – 4,400 years BC). The inhabitants were engaged in hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, and later also farming. The first mentions of a settlement founded by Slavic tribes…
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Aircraft engines – The ramjet engine of engineer Stanisław Wójcicki. 1956.
Stanisław Wójcicki in 1946, graduated from the Lodz University of Technology and obtained the title of mechanical engineer. Also in 1946, he started working at the Aviation Technical Institute, which was later renamed the Aviation Institute. The Engineer held the position of the Branch Manager, and then the Head of the Non-Compressor Engines Department. The…
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F-16 Jastrząb. 2006.
1 F-16 C nb 4040 nr 03-0040 JC-1. Delivered 11.12.2008. Built on March 14, 2006 It remained in the US as a production benchmark. Then used for testing weapons, equipment and software of the Polish version of the F-16. Supplied with the last two F-16 C.
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F-16 Jastrząb. 2005.
The F-16 multi-role combat aircraft is a single- or two-seater, single-engine medium wing aircraft. It was built in a classic layout. Multi-role with increased possibilities of air combat and attacking ground targets, also at night. The structure of the airframe is designed to withstand overloads of +9g, -3g.
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F-16 Jastrząb. 2004.
The chapter discusses the four-year period of Poland’s preparation for the adoption of WSB, i.e. the period from the moment of awarding the tender to the moment of accepting the first machines, and strictly from December 27, 2002 to November 8, 2006. As we found out, it was a very important period in the history…
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Attack of the Sukhoi Su-35 combat aircraft on the Polish L-410 patrol aircraft. 2023
On May 5, 2023, a Polish patrol aircraft L-410 Turbolet was attacked by a Sukhoi Su-35 combat aircraft that belonged to the Moscow state. The attack took place over the Black Sea, in international waters. The Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft is another version of the Su-27 aircraft. The aircraft is a single-seat, twin-engine, supersonic aircraft designed…
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Boeing 787-8-9. 2022.
On November 15, 2012 (Thursday) LOT Polish Airlines became the first European owner of B 787 aircraft and one of the first in the world. The aircraft received the registration SP-LRA. The aircraft was flown on October 18, 2012 with registration N1026G.
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Boeing 787-8. 2015.
Boeing B.787 is a commercial aircraft adapted to carry about 300 passengers over long distances. The B.787 is the world’s first aircraft to be built primarily of composites. The Boeing B.787 is a wide-body, medium-sized, long-haul airliner. It was designed in a classic layout with two drive motors. Despite this, it is aerodynamically ahead of…
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Boeing 787-8. 2014.
The fact that the national carrier, which is PLL LOT, is still functioning is bordering on a miracle. That it has not yet been sold to the Germans by the liberal-masonic Government of the Republic of Poland of Prime Minister Donald Tusk is at least strange. PLL LOT’s network of long-distance connections is small. Practically,…