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  • AERO Ae-45, Ae-145. 1952.

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    Karol

    The Aero Vodochody company, known as AERO, was founded in 1921. Aero Vodochody is located in Vodochody in the Praga East District. The first construction was the Aero A-10 airliner. Throughout the interwar period, Aero Vodochody developed and produced 22 different constructions.

  • New exhibit in Czyżyny. M.D. Mystere IV A. 2020.

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    Karol

    Dassault Mystere IV A is a French fighter-bomber aircraft built by Marcel Dassault. In January 2020, the plane went to Krakow on the basis of a deposit agreement with the American National Air Force Museum. Once assembled, the aircraft will be exhibited at the Museum in the 50/60 aviation area of the 20th century.

  • Ławica-Poznań Airport. 2020.

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    Karol

    Boeing B.737-55D SP-LKE. Ławica airport. 2012 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

  • PZL PZL-30, LWS-6 Żubr. 1936.

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    Karol

    In 1933, Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze in Warsaw received an order for a passenger plane from PLL LOT from the Civil Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport. The new aircraft was to replace Fokker F-VII B / 3m aircraft used in PLL LOT. The plane was to be powered by two engines and take 12-14…

  • WSK Mielec Lim-5. 2020.

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    Karol

    In 1956, Polish Fighter Aviation had: 541 fighters. All planes were turbojet powered; MiG-15, MiG-15bis, Lim-1, Lim-2 and MiG-17 PF. In 1956, we bought 4 MiG-17 F aircraft from CCCP, two of which served as a benchmark for mass production at PZL WSK-Mielec.

  • Centralne Studium Samolotów. CSS-10, CSS-11.

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    Karol

    Immediately after World War II, there was no favorable atmosphere in Poland to open the aviation industry. Despite this, in 1946, at the initiative of professor Franciszek Misztal from the Warsaw University of Technology, the Central Aircraft Study (CSS) was created in Warsaw. CSS was a type of design office that had its own aircraft…

  • The ORLIK aerobatic team. 1998.

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    Karol

    The first composition of the band from 1998 to 2001: Major Pil. Janusz Borkowski – leader, captain pil. Zbigniew Kosterna – right run, Capt. pil. Artur Bielas – left led, Lt. Col. pil. Andrzej Sowa – closing officer, Capt. pil. Dariusz Stańczyk – individual pilotage.

  • PZL-130 Orlik, engine P&W.

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    In 1985, work on a version of the Orlik aircraft equipped with a turboprop engine was far advanced. The first flight was planned in mid-1986. This version of the aircraft was prepared jointly with Airtech-Canada. This was not unusual, as WSK PZL-Warszawa-Okęcie has cooperated with Airtech-Canada for years. The Pratt-Whitney PT 6 A-25 A engine…

  • PZL-130 Orlik, engine Walter.

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    Karol

    Piston-powered propeller aircraft imitating turbojet aircraft to users and potential users stopped responding very quickly. Turboprop propulsion was turned as more promising. This was mainly due to the power obtained from one kilogram of engine, i.e. at a comparable engine mass, much more power was obtained. However, simply installing existing engines was hardly an option.…

  • Fokker D-VII. 1919.

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    Karol

    At the beginning of 1918, a new high-performance fighter aircraft appeared on the fronts of the Great World War. This plane was Fokker D-VII. This aircraft was so dangerous to opponents that in the content of the systems concerning the disarmament of Germany a separate point was introduced for this particular aircraft. The plane was…