Category: Airplanes

The Panavia Tornado is one of the most interesting aircraft in history, not only for its design, but also for political reasons. Let us remind you that after the Second World War, the German State was completely demilitarized. But after a few years, it turned out that the costs of defending the German borders were…

The JAS 39 / Gripen 39 is a commercially successful multi-role combat aircraft. The plane was used by several countries around the world. In 2003, the SAAB JAS 39 aircraft was offered to Poland when the Polish Army was looking for a replacement for the Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-21 fighters. But in the SAAB JAS…

The SAAB 105 aircraft is a civilian or military multi-role aircraft, powered by two turbojet engines. The SAAB 105 was designed as a training and training aircraft. However, the fate of the plane turned out unexpectedly. The SAAB 105 went to military aviation and was adapted to assault tasks, similar to the Cessna T-37 Tweet…

The Avions Marcel Dassault Mirage III aircraft is a French supersonic fighter aircraft. Its counterpart in Sweden was the SAAB J-35 Draken, in the USA it was the Lockheed F-104, in the UK it was the English Electric P-1 Lightning, and in the CCCP there were Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-21. The first flight of the…

The Aero L-29 Delfín is a turbo-jet training aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia at the end of the 50s. The first flight was made on April 5, 1959. Two more similar planes were built in communist countries: the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-30 and the Polish TS-11 Iskra. In 1961, in Moscow, the Polish TS-11 Iskra turned out…

The Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd Harrier is a British vertical take-off combat aircraft introduced into service. The aircraft was developed from the P.1127 Kastrel test aircraft. The CCCP’s counterpart to the Harrier was the Yakovlev Yak-38 powered-lift.

De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire FB Mk.6 nb J-1142 was manufactured in Switzerland by Pilatus Aircraft under license. It was used by the Swiss Air Force. After service, the plane was preserved and remained in storage. In 2010, it was donated to the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow.

The Fouga CM.170 Magister is a French training aircraft. The aircraft is the first of its kind turbojet in France. The plane was built by the Fouga et Cie company in 1952. In Poland, the equivalent of the French plane was the TS-11 Iskra training plane, which was developed a few years later (First flight…

The Jaguar GR.Mk.1 nb XX730 airplane made its first flight on June 13, 1974. He entered service with the RAF in August 1974. In 1977, the plane was transferred to 6 Squadron RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, and received EC marks. In January 1985, the aircraft was decommissioned from RAF supplies at Shawbury, near Birmingham. In February…

The Vietnam War began. The Americans decided to use F-5 fighters in those conditions. Exactly for the needs of those climatic and weather conditions, the F-5 C version was developed. The entire operation of the modernization and combat use of the F-5 was codenamed Skoshi Tiger (Tiger).