Author: Karol
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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…
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Czyżyny-Rakowice airport. New exhibition in the hangar. 2021
"Wings and People of the 20th Century" is a new permanent exhibition at the Polish Aviation Museum in the historic hangar of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Krakow.
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PZL WSK Świdnik PZL-Głuszec. 2020
Description to the photo: W-3PL nb 0818 in the first assault version. Built in 1998. It was equipped with four external hooks. Rich armament is presented. A GSz-23Ł double-barreled cannon was mounted on the starboard side. The helicopter was equipped with a "fast descent" line. The helicopter is in the old painting pattern. It was…
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PZL WSK Świdnik PZL-Sokół. 2019
In the Polish Army, PZL-Sokół helicopters are used in the following versions: W-3WA (W-3P) VIP for the transport of important people, W-3RL land rescue, W-3RM sea rescue, W-3PL "Głuszec" as an attack helicopter, armed, W-3WA as a transport helicopter.
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PZL WSK Świdnik PZL-Sokół. 2018
The PZL-Sokół helicopter has a very well-designed cargo cabin that can accommodate 12 people. Dimensions; length 3.20 (3.70) m, width 1.56 (1.60) m, height 1.40 m. Access to the cargo cabin is provided by sliding doors on the starboard (slightly rear) and port (slightly in the front) ). The dimensions of the door on the…
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Michaił Mil Mi-8, Mi-17. Construction. 1967
The Mi-8 is a twin-engine half-shell helicopter made of duralumin in the classic (Sikorski) configuration. The Mi-8 is a medium helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of up to 13,000 kg. Payload approx. 4,000 kg. The crew of 3 people (pilot, co-pilot, mechanic). It takes a maximum of 28 passengers on board, but there are…
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Papal train. 2021
The idea of the "Papal Train" had its source in the idea of the "Papal Route". On April 2, 2005, at 21:37, John Paul II the Great, the greatest of the Slavic family, died in the Vatican, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. After the departure of John Paul II to the Father’s house,…