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Author: Karol

  • Transatlantic Radio Station Babice.

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    Karol

    In 1918, after the Republic of Poland regained its independence as a result of the Great World War, the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs started to create a state radio-telegraph network, which consisted of radio stations with European coverage in Grudziądz, Kraków and Poznań, and an intercontinental radio station, which was located near Warsaw, on…

  • Aeroklub Krakowski. Sightseeing flight. 2020

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    Karol

    In Poland, for several years, sightseeing flights by plane, glider or powered hang-glider have become more and more popular. Sightseeing flights are not new. Already in the 90s, Krakow-Balice Airport offered sightseeing flights over Krakow with the PZL-104 Wilga-35 plane.

  • Airborne ground-based radio finders. Part 2. Marek Kaiper

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    Karol

    The two-channel ARP-6 radio finder was a completely new design compared to its predecessors. It was also mounted on the smaller GAZ-63 and later GAZ 66 with the KUNG-2 body. In Czechoslovakia, these beacons were mounted on 6×6 Praga V3S cars. It was the longest used type of radio finder in the Polish Air Force,…

  • Airborne ground-based radio finders. Part 1. Marek Kaiper

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    Karol

    A radio finder is a radio receiver designed to determine the direction (bearing) on ​​a working radio station. Measured as the value of the angle between the direction of magnetic north and the direction of the radio station. Radio finders were used in maritime navigation and aviation for navigation and rescue purposes, and in land…

  • Air Show. Mińsk Mazowiecki. 2010

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    Karol

    Every year, at the Minsk Mazowiecki Airport, the command organizes open days, air shows and picnics. The proximity of Warsaw means that there are more and more aviation enthusiasts, with whole families.

  • Sochaczew-Bielice Airport. 2010

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    Karol

    Lotnisko Sochaczew. 2010 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

  • Airport in Kroczewo near Modlin. 2020.

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    Karol

    Kroczewo is a small town in the Masovian Voivodeship, Płońsk Poviat, Załuski Commune. In 2011, the town had 613 inhabitants. It is 46 km from Kroczewo to the center of Warsaw. Kroczewo is located on the important road Warsaw-Gdańsk. Currently, the bypass of the S7 route bypasses the town.

  • Jakowlew Jak-40 nb 032. 2020

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    Karol

    There is the Jakowlew Jak-40 nb 032 aircraft in Brzeźnica near Skawina. The aircraft is a private property and it is a copy of the original painting used in the Polish Army until 1993. 19 aircraft of this type were used in Poland. Only the first copy was not operated in the Polish Army. The…

  • Biała Podlaska Airport. 2020

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    Karol

    In 2018, the Ministry of National Defense decided to take over the airport for military purposes. The Ministry of National Defense planned that a battalion from the 18th Mechanized Division, the so-called Iron Division, would be stationed here. First, civil aircraft were removed from the airport, and then pilots were removed. On January 10, 2020,…

  • Balice Airport. 2016

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    Karol

    Every month, the Krakow airport breaks new records of checked in and received passengers. Flights to Bristol, Edinburgh and Valencia were very popular. Connections to many cities in Germany were also popular: to Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich and Dortmund. In August 2017, the Balice airport handled almost 542,000 passengers, i.e. 9% more than…