Category: Airplanes
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Potez XV
The Potez XV-A2 aircraft is one of three types of airliners built by the French Henri Potez plant, used by the Polish Air Force after the Great World War. The Potez XV-A2 aircraft was used in Poland from 1924 to 1932, and what was important, it was produced simultaneously in Lublin at the Zakłady Mechaniczne…
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CWL Mokotów, WWS “Samolot” Hanriot H-28
After the end of the Great World War in Poland, mainly three planes were used for training: Caudron G-3 from 1919, Nieuport 23m from 1918 and Albatros B-II from 1918. In 1923, it was decided to start serial production of a new school aircraft. In the absence of Polish constructions and extensive cooperation with France,…
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CANT Z-506 B Airone. 1939
The pre-war plan for the expansion of the Polish Maritime Forces provided for the creation of a squadron of torpedo-bomber planes in 1938-1939. The squadron was to be based in the newly built naval aviation base in Hel. The Polish aviation industry tried to develop maritime versions of Żubr (LWS-5 A) and Lublin R-XX aircraft…
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PZL I-22 Iryda. Part 5. 1985.
New, subsequent arrangements led to a changed vision of the M-96 aircraft, which was to receive a modified wing, new tail, vertical stabilizer and another new version of avionics. New avionics – It was not known for what? After all, Sagem avionics have officially gained very good reviews. Unofficially, it was said that Sagem avionics…
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PZL I-22 Iryda. Part 4. 1985.
At that time, OBR SK Mielec considered the problem of using other engines on the I-22 aircraft. Theoretically, at that time there was a great opportunity to obtain drives from Western countries. The most serious candidate was the 2-flow SNECMA Larzac 04-C 20 engine with 2 x 1,419 kg. Two foreign turbines have joined this…
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PZL I-22 Iryda. Part 3. 1985.
At the end of 1986, the authorities decided that the achievements to date in implementing the I-22 aircraft were so favorable that it was time to demonstrate the aircraft to the Polish Society. Of course, this was done in a controlled way. The first photos of the aircraft were presented in the specialist press in…
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PZL I-22 Iryda. Part 2. 1985.
At the beginning of 1980, the deputy minister of engineering, General Modrzewski, approved the „B+R i W” work plan for the year started. According to the plan, the Iskra-22 technical project and testing of Kaszub-3 W 22 engines were to be completed in the third quarter of the year.
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PZL I-22 Iryda. Part 1. 1985.
At the turn of 1972–1973, the Tactical and Technical Requirements Project (WTT) was developed in the Air Force Command (DWLot) for a training and combat aircraft that would be the successor to the TS-11 Iskra. These requirements have become the basis for assessing the feasibility of meeting them, determining construction assumptions and performing a technical…
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AERO Ae-45, Ae-145. 1952.
The Aero Vodochody company, known as AERO, was founded in 1921. Aero Vodochody is located in Vodochody in the Praga East District. The first construction was the Aero A-10 airliner. Throughout the interwar period, Aero Vodochody developed and produced 22 different constructions.
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PZL PZL-30, LWS-6 Żubr. 1936.
In 1933, Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze in Warsaw received an order for a passenger plane from PLL LOT from the Civil Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport. The new aircraft was to replace Fokker F-VII B / 3m aircraft used in PLL LOT. The plane was to be powered by two engines and take 12-14…