Author: Karol
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WSK Mielec Lim-1, MiG-15. 2009
Swept-wings, 37 degrees on the leading edge, raise negative -2 degrees, wedge angle 1 degree. A symmetric profile (next to fuselage) CAGI S-10s, 9% thick, and (at the end of the wing) CAGI SR-3-12, with a relative thickness of 12%. Single-girder carrying structure with rear auxiliary girder. Working cover with a thickness of 1 mm…
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WSK Mielec Lim-2, MiG-15 bis. 2010
On 1956-11-23, the production of LIM-2 aircraft was completed in WSK PZL-Mielec. 530 copies of LIM-2 aircraft were built. Other sources give the number of 496 LIM-2 aircraft. This difference may result from the number of contracted aircraft and built. Keep in mind that the production of LIM-5 aircraft has already been prepared in WSL-Mielec.…
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WSK Mielec Lim-5 M, Lim-6 bis. 2009
The LIM-6 BIS plane was a very successful plane of Field Fields and Fire Support. It was created on the basis of the PZL Lim-5 aircraft, initially as LIM-5 M, and ultimately in the LIM-6 BIS version. The plane was purely Polish construction, developed by Polish engineers and technicians working in various factories and research…
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WSK Mielec Lim-5 M, Lim-6 bis. 2008
Single-residential, single-engine aircraft with semi-component, completely metal. The plane was intended for support on the battlefield.
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WSK PZL Mielec PZL An-2. 2010
An-2 is a multi-purpose plane used in military and civil aviation. A single-engine biplane with a solid chassis. Built from aluminum alloys, in a classic layout. Most aircraft were built in PZL (state airplanes) WSK (communication equipment factory) Mielec.
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Accidents and disasters of An-2 aircraft in Poland.
In Poland, in 1965 – 2007, 39 aviation decreases occurred with PZL An-2 aircraft. Most of them ended happily and without killed.
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Szymany Airport. 2013
On October 10, 2001, by the ordinance of the Council of Ministers, the airport was entered on the list of airports at which take-offs and landings may be performed in international traffic. It was connected with the organization of the air border crossing. Since then, PLL LOT has started to perform flights to some airports…
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Gola airport near Gostynia. 2021.
The Gola Airport near Gostynia was founded in the spring of 1940, during the Second World War, in the area occupied by Germans Wielkopolska, 3 km away, west of Gostynia. Airports received the German name Kahlenhof. Exact name Feldflugplatz Kahlenhof bei Gostyn. Coordinates: 51 ° 52’9 "N 16 ° 57’15" E. It was a field…
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Czyżyny-Rakowice airport. New exhibition in the back office building. 2021
In 2010, a temporary exhibition entitled "Aviation Archeology" was opened in the hangar of the 2nd Aviation Regiment. The small exhibition shows fragments of planes from the Second World War, which after many years were found in the so-called area. The exhibits included fragments of the Russian Yakovlev Yak-9 P and Ławocznik La-5 fighter planes,…
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Czyżyny-Rakowice airport. New exhibition in garages. 2021
This is another article about the new exhibitions at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow. In this article, we have described new exhibitions in the former garages of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Krakow. Let us remind you that in the garages previously, in one part (on the west side) there was an exhibition of…