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Author: Karol

  • 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…

  • LBF navigation system. 2022.

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    Karol

    The LFB radio navigation system was developed in the USA from 1929. This system was initially designated as LFR (Low Frequency Range). But it did not work and was modernized. This is how the LFB (Low Frequency Beacon) and LF-RNG (Low Frequency Radio Range) systems were created.

  • ILS landing system. 2014

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    Karol

    The main disadvantage of the system is that one set supports only one direction of approach. It designates only one approach path in space, which may make it difficult for large or small aircraft to land. It has high requirements as to the shape of the terrain on the approach, because it can generate disturbances…

  • Radar air traffic control system. 2015.

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    Karol

    Initially, Poland had one FIR area, Warszawa EPWW. But it has had five FIR areas for several years; Gdańsk, Olsztyn, Poznań, Warsaw and Kraków. Nay. Part of the area of ​​Western Pomerania and a fragment of the Baltic Sea we got rid of in favor of the Germans (FIR Heringosdorf), and there were even attempts…

  • Radar air traffic control system. 2014.

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    Karol

    The air traffic control system is to ensure safe flight of aircraft in controlled space, and especially their proper separation. In the case of using airspace also shared by military aviation, this space is closed to civil aviation in advance. There are also spaces (areas) that are dangerous and prohibited for civil aviation. The movement…

  • I lived as I could – Teofil Lenartowicz. 2022.

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    Karol

    There comes a moment in life when you have to end a certain stage of your life and say goodbye to friends reading my blog. This is the moment and I will not write any more, because I do not have the strength to do so. I wrote a book about my life entitled "I…

  • Meeting of the Experimental Pilots Club in Kamionka. 2022.

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    Karol

    In the first words, I would like to explain to readers who are not involved in aviation, what pilots from the crowd of KPD and where I am in this wonderful top-class group. Well, KPD members can be pilots who fly over prototype and serial airplanes, as well as engineers who make these tests. I…

  • Radar ZDPSR Bystra. 2022.

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    Karol

    The Polish radar ZDPSR Bystra is a Transit Capable Radar Station manufactured by PIT-RADWAR S.A. The radar is mounted on the Żubr-P armored vehicle. The AMZ Żubr vehicle is an armored car of Polish production, the heaviest of the AMZ-Kutno vehicles produced so far. Its mass is 12,000 kg. 4×4 drive. Iveco Tector NEF N60…