Category: Airplanes

The 1960s were the period of development of a new class of business jets. These are business planes powered by turbojet engines, and then turbo-fans. Airplanes have become very popular with celebrities, artists, singers, industrialists and millionaires. At that time, it seemed that the fleet of these aircraft would develop very dynamically and expand. But…

The aircraft presented in Drzonów has a GP-9 container (Gondola Puszecznaja) with a GSz-23 Ł double-barreled cannon with a supply of 200 rounds suspended under the fuselage. The GP-9 container is rarely found in museums in Poland, therefore it is a unique exhibit.

At OKB Mikojan and Guriewicz, the MiG-21 R (Type 94 R) reconnaissance aircraft was developed on the basis of the MiG-21 PFM fighter, with the R-11 F2S-300 engine, with the SPS (air blast on the flaps) installation. Tank No. 1 in the fuselage was removed, the tank above fuselage No. 7 was enlarged to 340…

In February 1972, an export variant of the Su-17 M aircraft, designated Su-17 MK (Kommerczieskij), was ordered. The prototype took off on December 15, 1972, piloted by A. Isakow. In the period of January-December 1973, the aircraft successfully passed state tests and was put into mass production. The first deliveries to the Middle East arrived…

The importance of aviation on the modern battlefield cannot be overestimated. Thanks to significant technological advances, airplanes have rapidly gained in effectiveness due to precision weapon guidance systems. A single modern multi-role aircraft has greater potential than the WWII heavy bomber formation. In addition, the importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (BALs), often referred to as…

But already on December 9, 2020, at the airport of the 41st Training Aviation Base under the name of Major Pilot Eugeniusz Horbaczewski in Dęblin, a family decommissioning ceremony for the PZL TS-11 Iskra aircraft was held. This meant that the cadets of the Military Aviation Academy would train only on turboprop PZL-130 Orlik TC-II…

The Sukhoi Su-22 M 4 K 8511/28511 plane was the 73rd plane purchased by Poland. The plane was delivered in 1986. The plane was used in Powidz. The main renovation was carried out in 1994-08-02. In 2006, the plane was out of service. In 2008, the plane found its way to the Museum in Drzonów…

In the 1960s, the PZL Lim-6 bis was the primary attack aircraft in the Polish Army. Its production lasted in the first half of the 60’s. In the second half of the 1960s, the search for a successor to the Lim-6 bis aircraft began. It was decided to use the PZL TS-11 Iskra Polish training…

The PZL TS-8 Bies is a Polish training and training aircraft that was used in the Polish Army. On July 23, 1955, the TS-8 plane with the serial number P-1 made its first flight from the Okęcie airport. 242 units were produced. The TS-8 is a single-engine, two-seater, low wing, retractable undercarriage. The plane was…

On February 10, 2022, the American Mc Donnell Douglas – Boeing F-15 Eagle multi-role combat aircraft landed at the 32nd Air Base in Łask. Four F-15 planes joined NATO in the Baltic Air Policing program. On February 14, 2022, eight more F-15s landed. On February 24, 2022, i.e. 10 days later, the bandit Tsar Putin,…