Category: Airplanes
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Cessna UC-78 Bobcat. 1945
In January 1934, engineer Clyde Cessna reopened his factory on Pawnee Road in Wichita. The company name is Cessna Aircrafr Corporation. Two of his nephews approached Clyde Cessna; Dwight Wallace as secretary-treasurer and Dwane Wallace as plant manager. In 1935, engineer Clyde Cessna sold his shares to his nephews and retired.
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SPAD VII, SPAD XIII, SPAD 51, SPAD 61. 1916
Polish pilots flew on SPAD S.VII C.1 planes before Poland regained independence. In the period from December 1917 to May 1918, two airplanes of this type were used in the 1st Polish Combat Division of the 2nd Corps. Then, on November 2, 1918, another plane of this type was captured at the airport in Lviv…
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PZL M-2
In 1957, the Aviation Structures Center No. 2 (OKL) was established at the WSK PZL Mielec plant, headed by Eng. Stanisław Jachyra. The team’s first project was the M-1 single-seat aerobatic plane. The letter "M" stands for Mielec. Ultimately, the M-1 was not built. In 1957, OKL received an order for a two-seater training-training aircraft…
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PZL M-4 Tarpan
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…
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Suchoj Su-7 B in museums in Poland. 2020r.
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…
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Beechcraft King Air 350 SP-TPU. 2015
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…
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WSK Nr 4 PZL Okęcie Jak-12. 1952
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…
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Cessna Aircraft Company. 2020
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.
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Boeing B.737 MAX 8. 2020r.
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…
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Aeroprakt A-22 L2. 2020
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.