Author: Karol
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12 The Base of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 2015.
After the ferrying of Suchoj Su-22 planes from Mirosławiec to Świdwin, the airport in Mirosławiec was only the 12th Airport Command and was a backup airport for planes based in nearby Świdwin. As the Polish Army adopted a new technique in the form of unmanned aerial vehicles, the airport in Mirosławiec was selected as their…
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Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-29 for Ukraine. 2022.
On February 27, 2022 (Sunday), the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (i.e. the head of EU diplomacy), Josep Borrell, announced that EU foreign ministers agreed to send EUR 450 million in military aid for offensive weapons to Ukraine . During this press conference in Brussels, Josep Borrell said…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1991-2010.
In 1994, the Technical School in Zamość was closed. That is why the Air Force Engineering Training Center in Oleśnica and the Air Force Technical School in Zamość created the Aviation and Engineering Training Center in Oleśnica. As the only school of this type in Poland, it seemed to have a guaranteed stable and secure…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1946-1950.
The process of organizing the Aviation School in a new location, after moving from Zamość to Warsaw, took a long time. From July 1945 to April 1946. The school occupied the barracks of the pre-war artillery regiment. The brick buildings were built in the 1930s and were relatively new. Although the barracks were partially destroyed,…
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Witnica airport. 2022.
The area between the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski and the city of Kostrzyn nad Odrą is one of the most interesting in Greater Poland. The distance between the town of Gorzów Wielkopolski and the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą is 45 km. The area administratively belongs to the Lubuskie Voivodeship. This is where the Warta…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1922-1939.
The name Dęblin appeared on the occasion of the French Pilot School and the description of schools in Grudziądz. Why Dęblin? The Mokotowskie airport was too tight for such a large number of air units. After considering various variants of the new location of the Aviation School, Dęblin was chosen. The main selection criterion was…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1921-1922.
Description of the photo: The LVG B.II training plane was used at the School in Toruń in the first years of its operation. The aircraft was developed in 1917. Basic T-T data: Span 14.00 m. Length 9.00 m. Take-off weight 1,100 kg. Top speed 100 km / h. Range 300 km. 6-cylinder in-line Mercedes D…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1920-1921.
In 1920, air training was spontaneously undertaken at Grudziądz Airport. Using the barracks (at today’s Parkowa Street), the infrastructure, hangars and the airport located in the present "Lotnisko" housing estate, or the field airport in Bzów and the Group’s training ground on the left bank of the Vistula. In the years 1920 – 1939, there…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1919-1920.
At the end of the Great World War, in 1918, there were only 14-16 planes, 10 staff and about 100 ground service personnel at Bydgoszcz Airport. Most of them were Poles. There was a school of aviation observers here. At the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising, two Polish pilots (Antoni Bartkowiak and Alojzy Błażyński)…
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Aviation training in Poland. 1918-1919.
The Military Aviation School was established on Pole Mokotowskie in Warsaw. It operated from January 1919 to May 1919, when it was reorganized. As a result of its reorganization, another aviation school was established in Krakow. The school in Warsaw was transformed into the Pilots College in Pole Mokotowskie. The school used mainly the equipment…