Author: Karol
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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…
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Boeing P-8 Poseidon. 2021
The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is a multi-purpose land-based maritime aircraft. The aircraft is intended for reconnaissance, search and rescue. It can fight submarines and ships. The P-8 aircraft can be used in humanitarian operations as well as search and rescue missions. It can operate up to 41,000 ft and fly from the airport through 490…
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Siemirowice Airport. 2021
For over 50 years, the infrastructure of Siemirowice Airport has changed. It is adapted to the flying equipment used here. Recent years have brought further changes in the role to be played by Polish Maritime Aviation. New tasks (not typically combat tasks anymore), but equally important for the Republic of Poland and the Baltic Sea,…
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Airport Konarzyny, Korne, Sąpolno near Chojnice. 2021
The nomenclature of individual airports, and especially alternate airports, has caused and still causes some difficulties. It was usually the case that the airport received the name of the poviat town in which it was located. But it could also have received the name of a neighboring town, because there was a post office, or…
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Jakowlew Jak-50, Jak-52, Jak-55. 1971
In CCCP, the first aircraft that was suitable for aerobatics was the Jakowlew Jak-18 in version A (Acrobatic). The Jak-18 A was built in 1957, when the Yak-18 airframe was equipped with the AI-14 R engine. The Ivchenko AI-14 R engine is a piston, radial, 9-cylinder, air-cooled engine with a power of 162 kW (220…