Category: Airplanes

The Soviet Yakovlev UT-2 plane was a bad training and training plane. He was difficult to pilot and did not forgive mistakes. Engineer Tadeusz Sołtyk even described it as dangerous and claimed that it is not necessary to select pilots through the cemetery. In 1943, the OKB Yakovlev office developed several designs to modify the…

It has been 21 years since the accident of Iryda, with which the destruction of the aviation industry began. I wrote a few topics about it in the previous years. However, this topic will shock the public opinion for a long time, because what was done was incredibly stupid.

The first version of the Su-7 B entered the armament of CCCP in 1960 and it was the first version of the fighter-bomber aircraft not yet adapted to carry a nuclear bomb. She performed combat tasks using conventional bombs, unguided missiles and cannons.

At the Polish Aviation Museum in Czyżyny in Krakow, there are currently (2017) two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. The first is the Lockheed F-104 S ASA-M Starfighter No. MM6876 built in Italy. The aircraft was used in the 9th Fighter Wing. He made his last operational flight on September 30, 2004, and his last test flight…

The Jak-11 aircraft was sowiet-made training and liaison aircraft. The Jak-11 aircraft was operated in the Polish Army as an advanced training aircraft between the basic training aircraft and the training combat aircraft. The plane was also used as a liaison and aerobatic.

The M-346 Master – Bielik is an advanced training training aircraft. It was adopted by the Polish Army. On November 14, 2016, the first two Leonardo M-346 Master planes – Bielik Nb 7702 and 7703 – landed in Dęblin.

The PZL I-22 Iryda aircraft was a training and combat aircraft developed at PZL Mielec by Polish constructors, engineers and technicians. The plane was powered by two turbojet engines, designed and produced by Polskie PZL Rzeszów.

Already in 2012, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Poland began talks on the subject of arming the Polish Army. – "We have rockets enabling the destruction of ground targets from a distance of 75 km, but we would like to increase the destruction capabilities to 300 km" – said General Mieczysław…

The MiG-21 bis aircraft belongs to the fourth and last generation of MiG-21 fighters. This is a typical representative of the front fighter. Capable of maneuvering at close distances and at low altitudes. From the MiG-21 SM / FM version (third generation), it was distinguished by the engine and the fuel system.

The sad news reached me a few days ago from Mielec, namely that the main constructor leading the construction of the Belphegor aircraft, MSc. Kazimierz Gocyła. I would like to express my deep regret and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased constructor. I would also like to perpetuate the memory of this…