Category: Airplanes

On June 23, 1958, the PZL M-2 training plane was tested in Mielec. The plane was to go to the Aeroclubs. In 1958, three copies were built. It turned out, however, that the plane, having a fixed, three-support landing gear, with a tail wheel, was not very suitable for training at the Aeroclub. Why? In…

The Su-7 B (BM, BKŁ, U) planes were used in the Polish Army from 1964 to 1990. Theoretically, the fog planes will be operated for more years. However, several factors contributed to their cessation of service. The combat value of the Su-7 B aircraft in the defense of Poland was negligible. For such a large…

In 2005, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency started searching for a new aircraft for the measurement and control of navigation devices. The choice fell on the Beechcraft King Air 350 plane. The plane and its equipment cost PLN 35 million. The brand new aircraft was modified by the German company Aerodata AG (Braunschweig) to…

In 1952, a few Yak-12 R planes were brought to Poland. Probably four or five. We know the following machines No. 0225, 5013, 4640213 and 4640216. In fact, these were Yak-12 machines with M-11 FR engines, built between 1950 and 1951. Attempts were made to enter them into the state of the Polish Army. The…

Description to the photo. Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 +, No. 525-0628, G-TFRA registration. He made his first flight on November 29, 2006. Initially, it had T7-FRA registration, then G-TFRA (from 2013) and now N628AM (from 2018). The plane takes 5 passengers on board.

In 2016, the Airbus concern introduced the A-320 NEO plane to the market, i.e. a heavily modernized version, with new engines, lower fuel consumption by about 15% and other changes. In three years, Airbus has delivered over 600 copies to the airlines, winning orders for nearly 6,000 more. And although the planes were plagued by…

Aeroprakt A-22 is an ultra-light plane in a duralumin high-wing brace system, with a fixed, sprung undercarriage with front support. The plane is powered by the well-known and good Rotax 912 engine, which, depending on the version, has a power of 80-100 HP.

The Fokker F.VII is a plane designed in 1924 at the Dutch Fokker aircraft plant. The aircraft has been used in air transport around the world for over 20 years. The aircraft was used as transport (civil and military), landing and bomber. The aircraft was built in several countries, including Poland in Lublin. The most…

In 1948, the Air Force Command commissioned the LWD (Aeronautical Experimental Workshops) to develop a connecting plane that was to use emergency landing pads, i.e. a shortened takeoff and landing plane. The aircraft design was made in two years, 1948–1950. The project leader was M.Sc. Tadeusz Sołtyk. The aircraft was intended for liaison, school, observation,…

The newly founded Podlasie Aircraft Factory "PWS" began its activity from the production of Potez XV A2 aircraft, which were built on the basis of a license. A group of French engineers and technicians came to Biała Podlaska to start production.