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Author: Karol

  • Mikojan i Guriewicz MiG-21 R nb 1423. 2022.

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    Karol

    At OKB Mikojan and Guriewicz, the MiG-21 R (Type 94 R) reconnaissance aircraft was developed on the basis of the MiG-21 PFM fighter, with the R-11 F2S-300 engine, with the SPS (air blast on the flaps) installation. Tank No. 1 in the fuselage was removed, the tank above fuselage No. 7 was enlarged to 340…

  • Suchoj Su-20 nb 6138. 2022.

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    Karol

    In February 1972, an export variant of the Su-17 M aircraft, designated Su-17 MK (Kommerczieskij), was ordered. The prototype took off on December 15, 1972, piloted by A. Isakow. In the period of January-December 1973, the aircraft successfully passed state tests and was put into mass production. The first deliveries to the Middle East arrived…

  • How does the weather affect air travel? 2018.

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    Karol

    It is also worth paying attention to the temperatures in the altitude range from 0 m to 20,000 m, i.e. in the ranges of manned aircraft. In the troposphere, that is up to 10,000 m, the air temperature in general drops by an average of 0.6 degrees Celsius per 100 m with increasing altitude. However,…

  • PZL Świdnik Leonardo AW.149. 2022.

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    Karol

    On July 1, 2022 (Friday), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, signed a contract for the purchase of 32 AgustaWestland AW-149 helicopters for the land forces. 32 machines are used by two Squadrons. The fact that these helicopters are manufactured in Poland in Świdnik is not without significance. AW-149 helicopters are built…

  • KAI FA-50. 2022.

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    Karol

    The importance of aviation on the modern battlefield cannot be overestimated. Thanks to significant technological advances, airplanes have rapidly gained in effectiveness due to precision weapon guidance systems. A single modern multi-role aircraft has greater potential than the WWII heavy bomber formation. In addition, the importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (BALs), often referred to as…

  • PZL TS-11 Iskra. 2022.

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    Karol

    But already on December 9, 2020, at the airport of the 41st Training Aviation Base under the name of Major Pilot Eugeniusz Horbaczewski in Dęblin, a family decommissioning ceremony for the PZL TS-11 Iskra aircraft was held. This meant that the cadets of the Military Aviation Academy would train only on turboprop PZL-130 Orlik TC-II…

  • Emergency lowering of a military plane. Part 5. 2018.

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    Karol

    The McDonnell Douglas company in 1948 also began to develop ejection seats. Initially, the Douglas plant conducted research on an evacuation system consisting in the exit of the chair from the machine through a hatch in the floor. It was about limiting the value of the overload acting on the pilot and eliminating the possibility…

  • Emergency lowering of a military plane. Part 2. 2017.

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    Karol

    After a series of information from Part 1, let’s take a look at the rescue of the pilot from the PZL Lim (MiG-15, MiG-17) aircraft, which were used in the Polish Army from 1950 to 1990. All of them were equipped with seats ejected by a pyrotechnic charge and a KAP-3 machine, which initiated the…

  • Missile of the 9K52 Łuna-M system. 2022.

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    Karol

    In the 1960s, the 9K52 missile system aroused legitimate fear among European societies. Both in the countries of Western Europe and in the countries of Central Europe, because these missiles could be equipped with nuclear warheads. At that time, the name atomic weapon was used.

  • Suchoj Su-22 M4K nb 8511. 2022r.

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    Karol

    The Sukhoi Su-22 M 4 K 8511/28511 plane was the 73rd plane purchased by Poland. The plane was delivered in 1986. The plane was used in Powidz. The main renovation was carried out in 1994-08-02. In 2006, the plane was out of service. In 2008, the plane found its way to the Museum in Drzonów…