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  • ILS landing system. 2013.

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    Karol

    ILS (instrument landing system) is a radio system supporting the landing of an airplane in conditions of limited visibility. It belongs to the navigation systems. The system enables precise guidance of the aircraft from the limit of the range to a certain point on the glide path or even to the touchdown itself. It depends…

  • Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite. 2019.

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    Karol

    The main rotor has 4 blades in the main rotor and the tail rotor. The main rotor blades are driven by servo motors instead of the swash plate. Second-generation composite main rotor blades (CMRB2) were mounted on the Super Seasprite, which includes filament-wound, S-glass rods, glass shells, aramid honeycomb cores and aramid trailing edges.

  • Supersonic passenger aircraft. 1980-1990.

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    Karol

    In the USA in 1972, an era came to an end. The 1966 contest winner, the Boeing 2707-200 had to significantly redesign its design to create the Boeing 2707-300 that closely resembled the Lockheed L-2000 competitor. Ten years of work have not been completed successfully. This does not mean, however, that American companies have completely…

  • Pratt & Whitney F135 turbojet engine. 2021.

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    Karol

    The engine is available in two variants; A variant of the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) used in the F-35 A and F-35 C and the two-cycle vertical short take-off and landing (STOVL) variant used in the F-35 B. This long variant has an additional fan from the front to the vertical. draft (lifting fan)…

  • Airport equipment. Refueling airplanes. 2018.

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    Karol

    JELCZ serii 642 D.35 CND-27.k „Kajman”. 2017 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

  • Douglas A-20. 2022.

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    Karol

    The Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft was developed in the USA by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It made his first flight on January 23, 1939. On January 10, 1941, the aircraft was put into service. The aircraft was made in many versions and is known as A-20 Havoc, DB-7 (company designation), Boston, P-70. During the Second…

  • General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. 2022.

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    Karol

    The MQ-9 Reaper aircraft made its first flight on February 2, 2001. It was commissioned on May 1, 2007. The MQ-9 Reaper is a development version of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is sometimes referred to as the Predator B. The apparatus is capable of performing controlled or autonomous tasks.…

  • Airport equipment. Equipment for maintaining the take-off field. 2019.

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    For the average passenger, the "Follow me" car is an attractively painted car known to be used to guide an airplane around an airport. Is this type of car always needed? No, not always. Usually, the car is shipped when the flight crew first arrives at the airport and does not know its schedule well,…

  • Airport equipment. De-icing of airplanes. 2018.

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    Karol

    The real bane of pilots is ice. Few people know that at the beginning of aviation, it was icing that was the main cause of unsuccessful flights over the Atlantic. In Poland, it is true that it is far from the conditions prevailing in Greenland, but icing can occur in virtually all conditions, both in…

  • Airport equipment. Airport Fire Department. 2022.

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    Karol

    Description of the photo: The presented combat vehicle of the airport fire brigade Chubb Fire Unipower R44 4×4 is located in the Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa near Poznań. The vehicle was purchased in 1975. It received PWD 8865 registration and was approved for traffic on roads. The vehicle was used at…