Author: Karol
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The airport in Ziemsko near Drawsko. 2020
The largest of the villages is Oleszno. There are four towns in Poland named Oleszno. The one we are interested in is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Drawsko poviat, in the Drawsko Pomorskie commune. Oleszno has the coordinates of 53°28′25″N 15°46′02″E. Elevation 104 meters above sea level. In 2007, Oleszno had 214…
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SPAD VII, SPAD XIII, SPAD 51, SPAD 61. 1916
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…
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Airport in Mirosławiec. 2014.
Mirosławiec Airport is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Airport Code – EPMI. It is a military airport. It does not drive and did not conduct civil passenger traffic. Has geographic coordinates; 53 23 41 N, 16 04 59 E. It is situated 151 m above sea level. It is 6 km from the airport…
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Airport in Mirosławiec. 2013.
On the basis of DWL Order No. 06 of February 23, 1982, the 3rd Brandenburg Reconnaissance Aviation Division was renamed the 3rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division. At the same time, the Division took over the 3rd Regiment of Fighter-Bomber Aviation from Bydgoszcz, using Su-7 planes. For the 8th Regiment in Mirosławiec, it was a time of…
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AI-24 turboprop engine
During the 50 years, the CCCP developed several turboprop engines. One of them was the Ivchenko AI-20 engine. This engine was used to power such aircraft as An-10, An-12 and Ił-18. The engine was developed at the end of the 50-year period in Zaporizhia. The team was headed by Alexander Ivchenko. Previously, the team was…
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Atar 9 turbojet engine
The French decided to radically rebuild the engine. The Atar 08 program was launched. The dimensions of the new engine have slightly improved. The compressor has grown from 7 stages to 9 stages. Compression increased to 5.5: 1. The turbine has been completely rebuilt, increasing its diameter. New alloys were introduced, including magnesium alloys. The…
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R-29 turbojet engine
The R-25 engine is a continuation of the R-11, R-13 engines. The R-25 engine was used in the MiG-21 bis aircraft. The R-25 engine has two levels of afterburning. The R-25-300 engine has 1 x 4,020 kG without afterburning thrust, 6,960 kG with the first afterburning, and 9,708 kG with the second afterburning. The engine…
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R-13 turbojet engine
The R-13 turbojet engine is a direct development of the R-11 engine, which was commonly used in MiG-21 aircraft. The engine was modernized under the supervision of S. Gawryłów. The aim of the modernization was to reduce fuel consumption, increase thrust and, above all, improve overall parameters.
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AI-25 turbojet engine
The history of Ivchenko’s aircraft engines began in 1945, at the Ukrainian CCCP in Zaporizhia. At that time, the OKB-478 design office and experimental plant were organized. The task of the OKB-478 office was to develop aircraft engines for airplanes and helicopters as well as other machines and devices for industry. The office was headed…
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R-11 turbojet engine
Information on Bristol Olimpus and General Electric J57 engines penetrated the CCCP. In 1952-1954, the Moscow Aviation Institute made aerodynamic calculations for a turbojet engine with a system of two shafts (propellers, spools). The calculations were carried out to achieve the speed of Ma 2 by the future aircraft. The main difficulty was to create…