Category: Air Show EN

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…

On July 3-4, 2021, the 9th edition of FLY FEST shows took place in Piotrków Trybunalski at the Piotrkowski Aero Club airport. Przemysłowa 48.

FLY FEST is the few air shows that, despite the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020/2021, took place as planned. FLY FEST is undoubtedly one of the best aviation events in the Republic of Poland. Perfectly organized, safe and providing a lot of attractions. Having its own unique atmosphere. The organizers wanted to increase the international economic…

On June 18-19, 2021 (Friday, Saturday) at the Strzyżewice EPLS airport in Leszno, in the gliding capital of Poland, an event called Antidotum Air Show took place. The main organizer was Aeroklub Leszczyński. The organizers deserve congratulations and thanks. There was a great atmosphere at the show. There was a lot of excitement. Even the…