Category: Airplanes

The PZL TS-16 Grot was to be a supersonic training and assault combat aircraft. The plane was to be intended for the Polish Army, replacing the PZL TS-11 Iskra plane. However, the plane was not built and the plane remained as a design.

Another thing is that, training a combat aircraft pilot must take place in a specific system. The trained pilot is gradually switching to the next types of aircraft. To make it easier, the basic and transition types must have the characteristics of a target (combat) aircraft. For example, in terms of the arrangement of instruments…

On November 8, 2006, at 15:02, the first two Polish multi-purpose aircraft F-16 C No. 4043, 4044 landed at the airport of the 31st Air Base in Krzesiny in Poznań. New Polish planes with obscured distinctive signs arrived over the airport, assisted by two Polish MiG-29s.

In 1969, the design office of OKB Mikojan and Guriewicz, on its own initiative, started the project of a light frontal fighter as a supplement to the heavier fighter from the OKB Sukhoi office, the future Su-27. The air force command accepted the proposal to create an aircraft capable of airborne operations over its own…

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.…

MiG-21 MF type 96 F (A) is a modernized MiG-21 M. It was an export version with the R-13-300 engine and improved equipment. In fact, the changes were small. In practice, however, many countries have purchased this depleted version, and even with R-11 engines. The aircraft was produced in Moscow in the years 1970-1974 and…

… The next three take-off planes were arranged in one string, with gradation of attractiveness. First, W. Kriżanowski started on Su-7 BM. Behind him A. Poltaranow, on a Su-7 BKŁ plane. The aircraft has additional solid-fuel start engines, thanks to which the take-off was much shorter. Another aircraft from the Su-7 family takes off as…

In the 1950s, the Cold War was already developed. Poland, like other countries, was thinking about defense against possible aggression. But Moscow has appointed Poland the role of an aggressor. There was a document entitled – Defense Doctrine of the Polish People’s Republic. The doctrine was developed in Moscow for each of the dependent countries…

The MiG-19 was not a logical continuation of the MiG-15, MiG-17 fighter planes. He was different from almost everything. Common features are only the frontal air grasp and oblique wings. Most importantly, because of its twin-engine powerplant and size, it was one of the heavy fighters and its predecessors the medium ones.

In Poland, the years 1944-1948 are characterized by the consolidation of Soviet power. And it was probably, most probably 1949, that he made us realize that we must temporarily forget about a sovereign state. Everything in Poland was organized on a Soviet pattern. The implementation of the "Seven Year Development Plan of the Polish Army…