Category: Airplanes

Krakowskie Bielany is an area included in the VII Zwierzyniec District. It is a former village west of Krakow, between the Vistula River and the Wolski Forest. It was administratively attached to Krakow during the German occupation in 1941. Bielany is known for the Monastery of the Camaldolese Fathers on the so-called Srebrna Góra, which…

The Junkers F-13 was one of the first planes used in Polish air transport. In 1921, the Aero-Targ company borrowed 6 Junkers F-13 planes from the Danziger Luftpost shipping company in Gdańsk (Gdańsk postal society) to create a passenger communication between Poznań, Warsaw and Gdańsk. It was about transporting passengers to the Poznań Fair. The…

About 60 passenger machines in various versions and variants were built. The last plane was taken from the state in 1932. In total, approximately 300 were built of Farman F.60 Goliath aircraft of all versions and varieties. Farman F.60 planes and other variants were used in 11 countries, including Poland. At that time, exotic users…

The plane received the designation PZL-23 and the Karaś name. The project was created in 1931-1932. The plane was determined according to French school, a linear plane. This type of combat machine perfectly passed the exam during the war of Poland with Bolsheviks. The plane was on an ongoing basis and could tactically destroy the…

The PWS-26 aircraft is one of the best training and training aircraft in the 1930s. The performance of the PWS-26 aircraft was very good. The plane is not only very maneuverable, but also forgiven less skilled pilots many mistakes. If Poland remained a free state after the Second World War, the production of PWS-26 could…

Since 2006, the Polish Air Force has been operating multi-role combat aircraft (WSB) Lockheed Martin (General Dynamics) F-16 Advanced Block 52 + Jastrząb. Emotions about buying them have already subsided. The machines work very well. The National Catholic Government of the Republic of Poland has already sent these planes on stabilization missions to the Baltic…

The MiG-29 UB aircraft is a two-seater version of the MiG-29. The plane received a cockpit with seats set in tandem. The entire front section of the hull was rebuilt. The aircraft was deprived of the radiolocation station, mainly due to its significant mass. As a result, the aircraft lost a significant part of combat…

In CCCP, the Su-17 plane, despite constant modifications and the creation of its second generation, still did not meet the assumptions made. It was not about volatile properties and performance, but about the possibility of effectively attacking ground targets in "all weather conditions". The variable geometry of the wings was not a sufficient argument here.…

The concept of atomization and rocketization of the battlefield brought real development of the Su-7 aircraft. Nuclear warheads were to be carried by missiles and barrel artillery. But some of the enemy’s promises (moving targets) were to be destroyed by air bombs. Supersonic aircraft have been designated for this task. Due to the high speed,…

For the first time with the MiG-23 aircraft, our politicians and military officers came across while looking for a successor to the IL-28 bomber aircraft. The last six bombers were removed from the state in 1979, but in fact for the entire decade they were no longer of any combat value. CCCP offered us MiG-23…