Category: Airplanes

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…

Mr. Rafał Milczarski was born in 1977. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge. During his studies he did internships at UBS bank in Zurich and JP Morgan in London. He has rich, international experience in the transport industry. After graduation he worked in the maritime and railway logistics department…

On June 30, 2016, the Council of Ministers adopted Resolution No. 73 on establishing a multi-annual program "Securing the air transport of the most important people in the country (VIP)". The beginning was the real allocation of national defense expenditure, determined by the level of 2% of GDP (gross domestic product) from the previous year.…

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…