Category: Airplanes

In the Museum of the White Eagle in Skarżysko Kamienna, one of the exhibits is the MiG-21 PF nb 2401 supersonic fighter plane.

On February 27, 2022 (Sunday), the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (i.e. the head of EU diplomacy), Josep Borrell, announced that EU foreign ministers agreed to send EUR 450 million in military aid for offensive weapons to Ukraine . During this press conference in Brussels, Josep Borrell said…

But the political atmosphere around the plane was unfavorable. In 2008, the Polish government, formed by the Civic Platform party and the Polish People’s Party, sent 16 PZL I-22 Iryda training and combat aircraft for scrap. When the planes were taken from Mielec to Kutno, the inhabitants of Mielec felt like they were at a…

The interest of foreign countries in the Polish TS-11 Iskra plane was high. Especially the so-called third world countries. Already in the first half of 1972, the military delegation of the Republic of Iran visited, among others, WOSL in Dęblin, showing particular interest in the TS-11 training plane.

TS-8 Bies is a training aircraft used in the Polish Army. The plane was constructed by engineer Tadeusz Sołtyk. The aircraft was intended mainly for the training of military pilots, as a transition machine between basic training machines and turbojet-powered two-seater airplanes. The TS-8 Bies was the first all-metal aircraft constructed in Poland after the…

Boeing Model 75 for the Stearman in the USA at Stear Aircraft in 1933. In 1934, the ship’s Stearman company was taken over by the Boeing concern and at the same time by the right to this aircraft. The plane, as Model 75, was produced until 1946. A total of over 10,620 copies were built.…

In 2015, for the first time, we could see a turbojet in Nowy Targ. It was the TS-11 Iskra nb 1214 aircraft, registration SP-YBC. As the runway at Nowy Trag Airport is unpaved, the plane arrived at the show taking off from Balice Airport. The plane belongs to the Biało-Czerwony Skrzydła Foundation. However, it is…

Partenavia P.68, currently Vulcanair P.68, is a light passenger and transport aircraft. The plane was designed by the Italian constructor Luigi Pascale. Initially, it was produced by the Italian company Partenavia. The plane made its first flight on May 25, 1970, in Naples, and received the type certificate on November 17, 1971. The certificate mentioned…

Detailed design assumptions for the aircraft were developed by engineer Władysław Zalewski. The plane was a development of the WZ-IX Pteranodon project. The PZL-3 aircraft was carefully aerodynamically designed. Tests of the aircraft models in the wind tunnel confirmed the correctness of the design. The test results were surprised even by members of the French…

In 2012, PLL LOT ordered small-size commercial planes Bombardier DHC-8-400. In total, the condition of Polish carriers: EuroLot, LOT Polish Airlines received 13 copies of these planes. The Bombardier DHC-8-400 planes in LOT Polish Airlines have 78 passenger seats. Currently (2021), the management of PLL LOT is considering withdrawing these aircraft from service.