Author: Karol

The Vietnam War began. The Americans decided to use F-5 fighters in those conditions. Exactly for the needs of those climatic and weather conditions, the F-5 C version was developed. The entire operation of the modernization and combat use of the F-5 was codenamed Skoshi Tiger (Tiger).

The Cessna T-37 Tweet (the company’s designation as the Model 318) is a small twin-engine jet that has been flying for over 50 years as the main US Air Force (USAF) training and training aircraft. The plane was also used in other countries. The attack variant, designated Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, served as a light attack…

At a time when the first prototypes were already in flight (1967 year), SAAB’s design office focused on the reconnaissance version, the land and sea versions separately. The first was the ready version of the SF 37 – land. It is equipped with a set of cameras to take pictures during the day and night,…

The SAAB 35 Draken aircraft can be compared to the Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-21 aircraft. In 60 years, at the time of a possible local conflict between capitalist Sweden and communist Poland, these fighters would meet each other in the air. Fortunately, the combat meeting never took place. Although in the times of the "Cold…

In the 60s, the Lim-6 bis was the basic attack aircraft in the Polish Army. It was an aircraft developed by Polish engineers and was generally successful, and due to the lack of a successor, it was in the front line until 1984, when the Suchoj Su-22 planes were introduced into service. The counterpart of…

In January 1934, engineer Clyde Cessna reopened his factory on Pawnee Road in Wichita. The company name is Cessna Aircrafr Corporation. Two of his nephews approached Clyde Cessna; Dwight Wallace as secretary-treasurer and Dwane Wallace as plant manager. In 1935, engineer Clyde Cessna sold his shares to his nephews and retired.

Polish pilots flew on SPAD S.VII C.1 planes before Poland regained independence. In the period from December 1917 to May 1918, two airplanes of this type were used in the 1st Polish Combat Division of the 2nd Corps. Then, on November 2, 1918, another plane of this type was captured at the airport in Lviv…