Category: Airplanes
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Jerzy Ostrowski’s amateur plane. 2025.
Kraków 2025-02-20 Jerzy Ostrowski’s amateur plane. Jerzy Ostrowski’s (1935-1985) amateur aircraft is a biplane aircraft design with a tail fin. The aircraft is equipped with an internal combustion engine that moves a pusher propeller. The designer began work on the aircraft in 1978, in the basement of an apartment building. Due to the lack of…
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Caproni Ca.87 Polonia. 1929
Kraków 2017-10-30 The Caproni Caproni Ca.87 aircraft, with its own name “Polonia”, was to fly from Europe to America over the Atlantic Ocean. The Caproni aircraft. After the Great World War, Italy was one of the leading aircraft manufacturers. Several aircraft manufacturers operated there, including the Caproni company. In 1925, the Caproni Ca.73 passenger aircraft…
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Bartel BM-4. 1927
Kraków 2020-02-22 Wielkopolska Wytwórnia Powietrzów SA “Samolot” Bartel BM-4. On August 11, 1923, a joint-stock company was established under the name Wielkopolska Wytwórnia Powietrzów – “Samolot”, which became the second company, after Zakłady Mechaniczne E. Plage i T. Laśkiewicz in Lublin, to produce aircraft in Poland. The company was established on the initiative of the…
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Blériot XI
Kraków 2025-02-08 Blériot XI The Blériot XI is one of the first aircraft built in France by designers Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier. The aircraft was built in a classic layout; single-engine, monoplane, made of wood, the wings were covered with fabric. The crew consists of one pilot. The aircraft is powered by an Anzani…
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Outline of the history of navigation. Fokker F.VII. 1924
Kraków 2013-03-14 Outline of the history of navigation. Fokker F.VII and Other Aircraft. 1924 Farman F-70. Taking advantage of the new market for civilian aircraft, and influenced by suggestions from carriers, Société des Avions H&M Farman, based on the F-50 aircraft, developed the Farman F-70 passenger aircraft. The aircraft first flew in 1920. Around 20…
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Outline of the history of navigation. Breguet 14. 1919.
Kraków 2013-03-14 Outline of the history of navigation. Breguet 14. The plane that was perfect for conversion from military to postal and passenger was the Breguet 14 (Breguet XIV, Bre 14 for short). The plane was built in 1916 by the French company Societe Anonyme des Atelieurs d’Aviation Louis Breguet, as a reconnaissance plane and…
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Breguet 14. 1916
Kraków 2020-12-31 Breguet 14. The Breguet 14 biplane is a two-seat French combat aircraft used during the Great War and for many years after it. Description of the photo: French Renault 12 Fe engine, mass-produced since 1918. The engine is a 12-cylinder, in-line “V” engine, water-cooled, designed and manufactured at the Societe Anonyme des Moteurs…
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An outline history of navigation. Farman F-60 Goliath. 1919
Kraków 2013-03-14 An outline history of navigation. Farman F-60 Goliath. Farman is one of the best aircraft companies of the early period of aviation. It was founded by brothers Richard, Henri and Maurice Farman. Since 1908, the brothers designed and built aircraft and engines for them. In 1936, the company was nationalized. After various transformations…
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Farman F.68 Goliath. 1926
Kraków 2017-09-27 Farman F.68 Goliath. 1926 About 60 passenger aircraft were built in various versions and variants. The last aircraft was written off in 1932. In total, about 300 Farman F.60 Goliath aircraft of all versions and variants were built. Farman F.60 aircraft and other variants were used in 11 countries, including Poland. Exotic users…
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator. 2025
Kraków 2025-01-03 Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American, heavy, four-engine bomber aircraft from the period of World War II, which was started by the Germans together with their Muscovite brothers. The aircraft manufacturer was the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. The prototype of the aircraft made its first flight on December 29, 1939.…