Author: Karol

  • PSR-A Pilica anti-aircraft system. 2022.

    The PSR-A Pilica is a Polish short-range automatic anti-aircraft missile and artillery system. In NATO nomenclature it is called VSHORAD, or Very Short Range Air Defense). The system is of the transportable type. The acronym PSR-A stands for the Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery System.

  • Radars 1991.

    NUR-15 (TRS-15 Odra) is a Polish three-coordinate, mobile, medium-range radar, mounted on the chassis of Tatra or Jelcz cars. The radar was developed by the Polish State Telecommunications Institute (PIT), which joined the structures of Bumar Elektronika S.A. The main task of the radar is to fill the gap in a possible armed conflict after…

  • Radars 1970.

    In 1975, PIT started designing a new generation of two-coordinate coherent radars with pulse compression, codenamed NUR. NUR stands for Ground Based Radar Device. The training of future service technicians began in the mid-80s at the Higher School of Radio Engineering in Jelenia Góra. The radar was used by the Polish Army in 1988. A…

  • Radars Jawor 1960.

    In 1956, the Industrial Telecommunications Institute (PIT) started developing a new series of radar stations codenamed Jawor. These radars were to have much better technical parameters than the Nysa family of radars. They have been referred to as Radar Detection and Guidance Stations (RSWN). The final stage of research and development was a radar built…

  • Radars 1950.

    In 1950, the General Staff of the Polish Army transferred the T-T conditions for a radar warning station to the National Telecommunications Institute. The work was started by the Separate Design Laboratory (TL) at the Radio Works named after Marcin Kasprzak. The program was codenamed "Nysa". As early as 1951, a laboratory model of a…

  • Tupolev Tu-154. Equipment. 2022.

    According to the obtained certificate, the Tu-154 M Lux aircraft could be operated for 18 years. This time has come to an end. On January 5, 2009. Tu-154 M Lux nb 101 has exhausted its service life. Tu-154 M Lux nb 102 twelve months later. The difficult financial situation of the country and other substantive…

  • Tupolev Tu-154. Catastrophes. 2022

    The statistics for the Tu-154 aircraft are unmerciful. According to available information, 66 machines crashed on 1,015 (other sources 926) of the Tu-154 built. The production of this machine lasted until 2001. Until 2010, there were about 200 Tu-154 aircraft in the world. Mostly in the Moscow State and China.

  • The tragedy of An-24 SP-LTD

    The An-24 W SP-LTD plane was on a flight from Warsaw to Rzeszów. There were 29 people on board: two pilots, two flight attendants and 25 passengers. The landing was to be carried out at the Jasionka airport from the eastern side. At 10:25 am, before landing, the engines failed. Most of the electrical system…

  • The tragedy of An-24 SP-LTE on January 24, 1969.

    On January 24, 1969, the Antonow An-24 SP-LTE aircraft was about to land at the Strachowice airport near Wrocław. The crew approached the landing when the weather conditions were below the permissible minimum. The airport informed that the visibility was 800 m, and after a while – only 400 m. The minimum was 1,100 m.…

  • PZL Mielec M-18 Dromader. 2013r.

    The PZL M-18 Dromader aircraft is a modern Polish agricultural and firefighting aircraft that was developed at WSK PZL Mielec.