Author: Karol

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

    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.

    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.

    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…

  • Baykar Makina Bayraktar TB2. 2022.

    Bayraktar TB2 is a Turkish combat unmanned aerial vehicle designed for medium-range long-haul flights. The device is capable of independent flight operations with the possibility of automatic take-off and landing. On four hooks under the wings, the apparatus can carry guided missiles and other weapons.

  • Bell UH-1 Y Venom. 2022.

    The Bell UH-1 Y Venom is another incarnation of the legendary Huey helicopter that performed so well during the Vietnam War. Among American soldiers, Bell UH-1 Y Venom is called Super Huey. Not without reason, because it is the same family. The helicopter is also called "Yankee", based on the pronunciation of its variant of…

  • Bell AH-1 Z Viper. 2022.

    The Bell AH-1 Z Viper is a combat and attack helicopter. It is a relatively new design and already proven in combat. The Bell AH-1 Z Viper helicopter was designed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron. The helicopter made its first flight on December 8, 2000. The helicopter crew consists of two officers. The helicopter…

  • Sikorsky-Mielec Black Hawk S-70i. 2022.

    In 2022, in Kielce, as part of the XXX International Defense Industry Exhibition, Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze from Mielec presented the search and rescue helicopter S-70M Black Hawk. Such helicopters were ordered by the Ministry of the Interior of Romania in the amount of 6 copies. The delivery will be made in 2023.

  • PZL Świdnik Agusta A.109. 2006.

    The main rotor has 4 blades. The blades are articulated. The rotor blades can be manually folded for storage. The rotor is equipped with a brake. The rotor blades are made of metal: aluminum, steel and nickel. The tail rotor has 2 blades. The propeller is located on the left side of the tail boom.…

  • Airport equipment. Aircraft tractors. 2018.

    The FLTT-350 S44 Super Duty tractor (tug) is based on the FORD F-350 on a so-called shortened chassis. It is a drawbar tractor designed for towing aggregates, aviation equipment and airplanes. The tractor tows trailers up to 40,000 lb (18,143.69 kg) and aircraft weighing 70,000 lb (31,751.47 kg). The speed of towing trailers is 16…

  • Flaris LAR-01. 2019.

    Flaris LAR-01 to the world’s first, business-family, small, small, one turbojet. In the design thought, the planes have new types of ships that are to make High Speed Personal Jet. The world is trying to create this type of plane to get a connection.