Author: Karol
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PZL-130 Orlik, engine P&W.
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…
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PZL-130 Orlik, engine Walter.
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.…
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Fokker D-VII. 1919.
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…
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Lockheed Martin F-35. 2019.
In 2015, the Polish Government announced that plans are for the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth generation fighters. In April 2016, the Ministry of National Defense reported that the selection of the successor to Su-22 and MiG-29 aircraft will start by 2022.
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Accidents and catastrophes of An-24 aircraft in Poland.
On January 24, 1969, the An-24 SP-LTE aircraft was about to land at the Strachowice airport near Wrocław. The crew approached the landing when the weather conditions were below the permissible minimum. The airport informed that the visibility was 800 m, and after a while – only 400 m. The minimum was 1,100 m. The…
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Boeing B-17 Candie, December 26, 1944. 2020.
On January 11, 2020, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the emergency landing of the Boeing B-17 "Candie" bomber at Kliny Housing Estate in Krakow near Fort No. 52, a meeting was held at the Kliny Culture Club at ul. bishop Albin Małysiak 1. These are the hospitable thresholds of the parish of…
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Boeing B-17 G Candie, December 26, 1944. 2019.
On January 12, 2019, on the occasion of the 73 anniversary of the emergency landing of the Boeing B-17 "Candie" bomber at Kliny Housing Estate in Krakow near Fort No. 52, a meeting was held at the Kliny Culture Club at ul. bishop Albin Małysiak 1. These are the hospitable thresholds of the parish of…
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Zlin Z-42. 1975.
The Zlin company was founded in 1934 as Zlinska Letacka Spolecnost A. S. The headquarters of Zlin was the city of Zlin, in Eastern Moravia, in the Czech Republic. The factory produced gliders and single-engine airplanes. Later, production expanded to the sports and agricultural aircraft segment.
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 5
We are now on the 12th anniversary of the Smolensk attack. Four years ago, a technical report was published which confirmed that it was not an accident but a brutal attack on the Polish ruling elite. The POLOT.net portal was one of the few that, since April 2010, was firmly committed to the theory of…
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Sikorsky-Mielec Black Hawk S-70i. 2019.
Sikorski claims that interest in the armed Black Hawk helicopter in the world is high. This is due to the escalation of the Islamic State’s struggle. The countries concerned have Black Hawk helicopters on their armament, but the unarmed versions. PZL Mielec can count on greater participation in the development of armed Black Hawk, if…