Category: Airplanes

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…

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…