Category: Airplanes

The Polish Army have bought PZL Mielec An-28 planes from 1986. Later development versions of PZL Mielec M-28 were purchased. In factory PZL Mielec a project was created to adapt the M-28 machine to the needs of the Polish Army. The project received the codename Bryza and assumed the creation of two versions: cargo and…

The C-145A Skytruck is a light cargo and troop carrier designed and manufactured for the US Air Force (USAF). The aircraft is primarily used to assist Aviation Foreign Internal Defence (AvFID) missions of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).

The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed „Aunt Ju” and „Iron Annie”) is a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952. Initially designed with a single engine but subsequently produced as a trimotor, it saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s. In a civilian role, it flew with over twelve air…

The British Sopwith F.1 Camel shot down more enemy aircraft than any other Allied World War I fighter. Best characterized by its unmatched maneuverability, the camel was difficult to defeat in a dogfight. Tricky handling characteristics, however, made the Camel a dangerous aircraft to fly. The Camel first went into action in June 1917 with…

The Albatros B.II was an unarmed German two-seat reconnaissance biplane of the First World War. The Albatros C.I was the first of the successful C-series of two-seat general-purpose biplanes built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke during World War I. Based on the unarmed Albatros B.II, the C.I reversed the pilot and observer seating so that the observer…

Bombardier DHC 8 Dash 8-400 Q Lufthansa Regional. 2012 Year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

In 1918, the great world war was still going on, when engineer Emilio Verduzzio developed a design for a new intelligence-bomber at the Gio Ansaldo aviation plant in Turin. Some sources incorrectly give the city of Genoa the origin. It must be remembered that the Ansaldo concern operated mainly in the shipbuilding industry and had…

In the spring of 1917, during the Great World War, an Ansaldo A-1 Balilla fighter plane was built at the Ansaldo plant in Turin. Some sources incorrectly give the city of Genoa the origin. It must be remembered that the Ansaldo concern operated mainly in the shipbuilding industry and had the largest shipyard in Genoa.…

The name SVA comes from Savoia-Verduzio-Ansaldo. The Ansaldo SVA family of planes are biplane airplanes from the Great World War period. Airplanes have been developed and built since 1917. Used until 1925. The production plant was located in Turin. The aircraft’s constructors were engineers Umberto Savoia and Emilio Verduzio. Originally the aircraft were intended as…

PZL WSK Lim-5 P was the first Polish fighter aircraft with a radar. The airplanes were built at the factory „PZL WSK” in Mielec and between the years 1959-1960, 129 aircraft were built in 6 production series. 40 of them were sold to the DGR. The first copy with the serial number 1D-01-01 left the…