Author: Karol
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Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Nowy Glinnik airport. 2013
After the disbandment of the 66th LPSz at the Tomaszów Mazowiecki Airport, the 2nd Security Battalion was created. It was subordinate to the 60th Radom Air School Regiment. The airport was used mainly by the 3rd School Squadron under the command of Lt. dipl. pil. Zenon Mackiewicz. This state of affairs continues until the end…
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Etrich Taube. 1910
The Etrich Taube is the most popular Austrian and German aircraft from the period before the Great World War. The constructor of the aircraft was Igo Etrich. The word Tauube means pigeon. The aircraft was manufactured in many plants, including Aviata (at least 1 piece). These planes were also known as Rumpler Taube, from the…
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Aviation Museum in Łódź. 2021
There was a private aviation museum in Lublinek in Łódź, at Pilska Street. About 30 exhibits are collected there. There were planes and helicopters, military and civilian. Several extremely rare pieces. One of them was the large Mil Mi-6 helicopter. It was one of three helicopters of this type used in Poland, both military and…
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Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A. 2021
Description to the photo: The unarmed Mil Mi-17 helicopters were brought to Poland in 1989. In WZL No. 1, two of them were modified to the Mi-17AE (Aero Evacuation) version, i.e. medical evacuation of soldiers from the battlefield. One of these helicopters was the Mi-17 AE Nr 106M06, Nb 606, the helicopter was in stock…
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Kętrzyn – Wilamowo Airport. 2013
Only after the socio-economic transformations of 1989, local authorities began to carry out an inventory of the so-called "Regained Territories". Official letters regarding the legal owner of Kętrzyn Airport started circulating. The Ministry of National Defense completely got rid of the rights to the facility. The Kętrzyn Commune, as the sole owner, put the airport…
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Airport in Gdańsk-Rębiechowo. Rail. 2021
Photo description: The Ty23 series steam locomotive was a Polish heavy steam locomotive, which was developed by Polish engineers and produced in the period 1923 – 1934. Ty23 means a freight locomotive with the "y" axle arrangement, which was approved in 1923. The axis system is 1’E, i.e. 1-5-0 (oOOOOO), and the Polish designation is…
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Kaniów airport. 2021.
Kaniów airport is a civil, public airport with limited certification. The owner of the airport is Bielski Park Techniki Lotnicza Sp. z o.o, and the administrator of Bielski Park Technologiczny Aviation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Sp. z o.o. ICAO code for the airport is EPKW. The coordinates of the Kaniów airport are 49 ° 56′27.10 ″…
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Glider Works in Bielsko Biała. 2021
The first completely Polish glider was the SL-1 Akar glider, developed in 1922. The structure was developed and built by Adam Karpiński. The design was amateurish, but successful enough to win first and second place in the first gliding competition in 1923 in Białka near Nowy Targ. The glider was single-seat, with a frame structure,…
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Wilcze Laski airport near Szczecinek. 2021
Wilcze Laski Airport is a former military airport with typical infrastructure from the 1950s. Other common names are Borki or Okonek. The airport is located approximately 14 km south of Szczecinek, near the town of Wilcze Laski. It belongs to the military complex currently called Borne Sulinowo and is located on its eastern edge, among…