Category: Air Show EN

On July 1-2, 2023, the 11th edition of the FLY FEST shows took place in Piotrków Trybunalski, at the Piotrkowski Aeroclub airport. Ulica Przemysłowa 48. FLY FEST is the event that lasts the longest in the Polish Air Show calendar. It is a free event, with the possibility of parking passenger cars on the airport…

On June 16-17, 2023 (Friday, Saturday) at the Strzyżewice EPLS airport, in Leszno, in the glider capital of Poland, the fourth aviation event under the name Antidotum Air Show took place. The main organizer was the Leszczyński Aeroclub. The organizers are to be congratulated and thanked. There was a good atmosphere at the show. There…

On June 24, 2023 (Saturday), the Podkarpackie Air Show took place at the airport in Mielec. A few years ago, the event was cyclical, but due to the Chinese virus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the cycle was interrupted. This year’s event (2023) has been planned for one day. Entry to the shows was…

On August 28, 1932, pilot officer Franciszek Żwirko and designer engineer Stanisław Wigura won the "International Tourist Aircraft Competition Challenge 1932", the largest interwar aviation event. It was another success of Polish Sports Aviation in the interwar period. Polish aviators achieved this success on the Polish RWD-6 aircraft, which was a construction of a Polish…

Sightseeing flights. Robinson R-44 SP-SAL. 2022. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Sightseeing flights. Cessna 172 SP-KLP. 2022. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Air shows and picnics were organized almost every year at the airport in Mielec. On them, employees and residents of Mielec and the surrounding area could admire the planes that were built in PZL Mielec. But a particularly strong impression was made by the Air Show organized at the Mielec Airport in 1997. This show…

The PZL Mielec M-18 Dromader is an excellent agricultural and firefighting aircraft. The preliminary design of the PZL Mielec M-18 Dromader aircraft was completed in January 1975. The construction documentation was prepared in July 1975. Serial production started in 1978. In Poland, planes are currently used to fight forest fires. PZL Mielec M-18 Dromader SP-ZWG…

The Red Arrows are the UK’s Royal Air Force representation team. The Red Arrows team was formed in 1965, and the first show was on May 6, 1965 at RAF Little Rissinton in the Cotswolds. Initially, they were flown on Folland Gnat planes, of which there were 7 copies. During the first year, the band…

On August 21 and 22, 2021, LOTOS Gdynia Aerobaltic 2021 air shows took place at the Babie Doły airport. It was the fourth edition of these shows (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). It was probably the largest air show in Poland in 2021. The event was organized at a high level. LOTOS Gdynia Aerobaltic is a…