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Author: Karol

  • WSK PZL Świdnik Mi-2 nb 2029. 2022.

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    Karol

    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…

  • Avions Marcel Dassault Mirage III-C. 2022.

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    Karol

    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.

  • Radary P-12 Maria. 2022.

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    Karol

    The Soviet P-12 Maria radar is used to detect and track airborne objects and determine their current coordinates (slope distance, azimuth, position angle and altitude). It can also indicate targets to artillery radar stations and guide aircraft to detected objects. The P-12 Maria radar was developed in the period 1954-1956.

  • Radars P-15 Danuta, P-19 Renata. 2022.

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    Karol

    The P-15 Danuta and P-19 Renata radars are former early warning radars produced in CCCP. These radars were used in the Warsaw Pact countries. The radars were of the 2D type and were used with the S-125 Newa missile system. CCCP’s P-15 radar was developed in 1955 and was intended for detecting aerial targets. The…

  • Suchoj Su-7 U nb 905. 2022.

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    Karol

    The real development of the Su-7 aircraft was brought about by the concept of atomization and rocketization of the battlefield, promoted by the Soviet military authorities in the 50s. The main role of carrying nuclear charges on the tactical battlefield was to be played by class z-z missiles and barrel artillery, however, in order to…

  • Lisunow Li-2 SP-LAS. 2022.

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    Karol

    The Lisunow Li-2 aircraft is a transport aircraft, a license of the American Douglas DC-3 aircraft. Both Li-2 and DC-3 aircraft were used in Poland after World War II. The main users were the Polish Army and LOT Polish Airlines. Officially, the first Lisunow Li-2 aircraft were adopted by the Polish Army in April 1945.

  • Jakowlew Jak-11 nb 1. 2022.

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    Karol

    The Yak-11 aircraft was a Soviet-made training and liaison aircraft. The Yak-11 aircraft was operated in the Polish Army as an advanced training aircraft between the basic training aircraft and the training combat aircraft. The aircraft was also used as a liaison and aerobatic aircraft.

  • Iliuszyn Ił-14 T nb 3069. 2022.

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    Karol

    In Poland, LOT Polish Airlines operated 16 Il-14 passenger planes. 17 Soviet and German Il-14 machines were purchased for the Polish Army. One of the last planes bought was Il-14 T nb 3069 No. 14803069, which went into service in the army. The plane was used as a transport aircraft in Warsaw and Krakow. After…

  • 2K11 Krug anti-aircraft missile system. 2022.

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    Karol

    The missile was developed at the CCCP in 1975. The missile is radio-command guided with a TV-optical channel. The drive is a ramjet engine and additionally 4 solid fuel starting engines. At the moment of explosion, the warhead bursts into 15,000 pieces.

  • The tragedy of Lisunow Li-2 SP-LKA on November 15, 1951.

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    Karol

    The tragedy of the Lisunow Li-2 SP-LKA aircraft happened on November 15, 1951. On that day, a plane belonging to PLL LOT was making a round-trip flight from Szczecin – Poznań – Łódź – Kraków, together with passengers who were getting off and on at individual airports. At that time, these were typical flights of…