Author: Karol

Already in 2017, the Border Guard began the process of acquiring new aircraft. It was necessary to replace the exhausted aircraft: four PZL-104MF Wilga 2000 planes and four PZL-Kania helicopters. In 2018, the Border Guard Headquarters announced an unlimited tender for two more large planes, similar in size to the PZL M-28-05 Skytruck. Another, because…

In 2005, the Polish Border Guard ordered a patrol plane based on the M-28-05 airframe from the third production series, AJE 003-11. The plane received registration SN-60YG. At the moment, when the aircraft was delivered to the user, it was registered with SP-PDG. The machine is equipped with the ARS-400M radar with a range of…

The 1960s were the period of development of a new class of business jets. These are business planes powered by turbojet engines, and then turbo-fans. Airplanes have become very popular with celebrities, artists, singers, industrialists and millionaires. At that time, it seemed that the fleet of these aircraft would develop very dynamically and expand. But…

The aircraft presented in Drzonów has a GP-9 container (Gondola Puszecznaja) with a GSz-23 Ł double-barreled cannon with a supply of 200 rounds suspended under the fuselage. The GP-9 container is rarely found in museums in Poland, therefore it is a unique exhibit.

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…

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…

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…

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…