Author: Karol
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LWD Żuraw. 1951
In 1948, the Air Force Command commissioned the LWD (Aeronautical Experimental Workshops) to develop a connecting plane that was to use emergency landing pads, i.e. a shortened takeoff and landing plane. The aircraft design was made in two years, 1948–1950. The project leader was M.Sc. Tadeusz Sołtyk. The aircraft was intended for liaison, school, observation,…
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59 Training-Combat Aviation Regiment in Biała Podlaska. 1958-1964
In 1958, a new stage of reorganization of aviation education in Poland began. New, modern equipment required a different, well-developed supply and security system. Under the new assumptions, the cadet during the 3-year training was to obtain a larger raid than before. The officer was to leave the university walls with a total of 215…
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Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów. Combat aircraft.
The newly founded Podlasie Aircraft Factory "PWS" began its activity from the production of Potez XV A2 aircraft, which were built on the basis of a license. A group of French engineers and technicians came to Biała Podlaska to start production.
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Lotnicze Warsztaty Doświadczalne LWD Zuch. 1948.
The earlier aircraft of the LWD Żak plant was equipped with a Walter Minor 6-III engine with 160 HP (118 kW). The team of Tadeusz Sołtyk decided to use this engine and build it on the LWD Junak aircraft. This is how the aircraft marked LWD Zuch-1 was created registration SP-BAD Serial number 17. The…
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Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów. Training aircraft.
In January 1929, PWS employees set up an association to train and promote aviation. Pilot, sport and glider sections were created. The association was very dynamic for many years. Contributed to the popularization of the plant and its products. The association was the initiator and participant of many sports impressions. Although the factory airport was…
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The tragedy of MiG-21 PF nb 1709 with 1 PLM on 09.07.1981.
On 9.07.1981, the MiG-21 PF with 1 PLM near Drążdżewo, 48 km east of Ciechanów, crashed. Lieutenant pilot Krzysztof Czerwiński was killed on the spot. Honor his memory! The plane crashed into the ground.
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Polish Aviation Industry – Part 06-2
PWS-5T2. 1929 year. Combat aircraft. One prototype was built, which was flown in June 1929, pilot Franciszek Rudkowski. This aircraft is a modernized PWS-5a. Five aircraft were built. The aircraft were used as a line, for towing aerial targets and training on-board shooters.
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Potez XXV
In 1924, at the Société des Aéroplanes Henry Potez company in MéauIte Somme, the French engineer engineer Henri Potez developed and built a prototype of a reconnaissance-bomber aircraft that was designated Potez XXV. The aircraft was a development of Potez XV. In the literature, the Potez XXV aircraft is also designated Potez 25. The Potez…
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Potez XV
The Potez XV-A2 aircraft is one of three types of airliners built by the French Henri Potez plant, used by the Polish Air Force after the Great World War. The Potez XV-A2 aircraft was used in Poland from 1924 to 1932, and what was important, it was produced simultaneously in Lublin at the Zakłady Mechaniczne…
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CWL Mokotów, WWS “Samolot” Hanriot H-28
After the end of the Great World War in Poland, mainly three planes were used for training: Caudron G-3 from 1919, Nieuport 23m from 1918 and Albatros B-II from 1918. In 1923, it was decided to start serial production of a new school aircraft. In the absence of Polish constructions and extensive cooperation with France,…