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Kraków 2007-01-02 255 Section 1979-06-04 OKB Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-23 MB, UB. Poland Fighter aircraft with variable wing geometry. History Before we discuss the MiG-23 fighter, which was armed with the Polish Army, let’s look at the versions created in CCCP. MiG-23 M. 1972 year. In parallel with the work on the MiG-23 UB two-seater,…

Kraków 2025-03-01 J-2 Polonez amateur plane. The J-2 Polonez amateur aircraft is a development of the J-1 Prząśniczka aircraft, which was built by Mr. Jarosław Janowski together with colleagues from the Łódź Aeroclub. Mr. Andrzej Wiśniewski assisted Mr. Jarosław Janowski in the construction of the J-2 Polonez aircraft. The new aircraft was also built of…

Kraków 2025-03-01 J-1 Prząśniczka amateur aircraft. The amateur aircraft J-1 Prząśniczka was designed and built by Mr. Jarosław Janowski, who was assisted by Mr. Witold Kalita and Stefan Pulawski. The engine was also designed by Mr. Jarosław Janowski and Mr. Stefan Pulawski. The Saturn 500 engine used elements from two MZ-250 motorcycle engines. Flat two-cylinder…

Kraków 2025-02-28 Amateur plane Kukułka. The amateur plane Kukułka is an aircraft built by Mr. Eugeniusz Pieniążek at the beginning of the 70s of the 20th century. The aircraft was built specifically for the purpose of making an aerial escape from the communist paradise. Of course, this purpose was hidden. Mr. Eugeniusz Pieniążek was harassed…

Kraków 2025-02-20 Jerzy Ostrowski’s amateur plane. Jerzy Ostrowski’s (1935-1985) amateur aircraft is a biplane aircraft design with a tail fin. The aircraft is equipped with an internal combustion engine that moves a pusher propeller. The designer began work on the aircraft in 1978, in the basement of an apartment building. Due to the lack of…

Kraków 2017-10-30 The Caproni Caproni Ca.87 aircraft, with its own name “Polonia”, was to fly from Europe to America over the Atlantic Ocean. The Caproni aircraft. After the Great World War, Italy was one of the leading aircraft manufacturers. Several aircraft manufacturers operated there, including the Caproni company. In 1925, the Caproni Ca.73 passenger aircraft…

Kraków 2020-02-22 Wielkopolska Wytwórnia Powietrzów SA “Samolot” Bartel BM-4. On August 11, 1923, a joint-stock company was established under the name Wielkopolska Wytwórnia Powietrzów – “Samolot”, which became the second company, after Zakłady Mechaniczne E. Plage i T. Laśkiewicz in Lublin, to produce aircraft in Poland. The company was established on the initiative of the…

Kraków 2025-02-08 Blériot XI  The Blériot XI is one of the first aircraft built in France by designers Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier. The aircraft was built in a classic layout; single-engine, monoplane, made of wood, the wings were covered with fabric. The crew consists of one pilot. The aircraft is powered by an Anzani…