Category: Airplanes

KAI KF-21 Boramae is a multi-role combat aircraft developed in South Korea by the KAI – Korea Aerospace Industries concern. The prototype made its first flight on July 19, 2022. The plane has a one- or two-person crew and is powered by two General Electric F414-GE-400K turbojet engines, with a thrust of 2 x 97.9…

The North American T-28 Trojan is a radial engine military trainer aircraft developed and manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the US Air Force and US Navy since the 1950s. In addition to training and training applications, the T-28 Trojan was successfully used as an anti-partisan aircraft, mainly during the Vietnam War. The…

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a Polish aircraft, because it was built by Polish designers. The designers of the De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk aircraft were engineers Wsiewołod J. Jakimiuk and Wiesław Stępniewski. Designer Wsievolod J. Jakimiuk is the main creator of the PZL-50 Jastrząb aircraft.

The North American P-51 Mustang is a fighter aircraft used by North American Aviation. The prototype was first made on October 26, 1940. The aircraft was put into service in 1942. The aircraft was operated in many countries, and the service ended in 1984, when the Dominican Republic withdrew these aircraft from its military aviation.…

Experimental Aviation Workshops, abbreviated as DWL, was a Polish aviation company that designed and produced aircraft under the designation RWD. The abbreviation RWD stands for the names of the constructors: Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki. As a time frame we can assume: December 1925 – September 1, 1939.

Rectangular wings. The rake of the leading edge is 0 degrees. Only at the root of the wing, small inflows were added. NACA 652415 profile, positive rise of 7 degrees, two-piece, single-girder, shell, metal construction. 11 basic frames were mounted to the girder, and stringers to them. Frize ailerons, slotted flaps, 4-position. Pneumatic anti-icing system…

To be honest, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, the Polish Aviation Industry did not have a modern piston engine for lightweight aircraft structures. There were two solutions to this situation. Allocate significant amounts of money for own development research of Polish structures, or purchase licenses. Both solutions had advantages and disadvantages. Nevertheless,…

Piper Aircraft is an American company, one of the most recognizable aviation companies in the world. It was founded in September 1927 by brothers Clarence Gilbert Taylor and Gordon A. Taylor in Rochester, New York as Aircraft Manufacturing Company Brothers. A little later it took the name Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation. Gordon A. Taylor died…

Despite the permanent crisis in the Polish People’s Republic, the production of PZL-110 Koliber aircraft went forward. The plane was highly appreciated in Aeroclubs. Also, global trends indicated that the market of small aircraft with small, economical engines would continue to develop. There was also the possibility of exporting aircraft manufactured in Poland to the…

Before we discuss the PZL-110 Koliber aircraft, we must move to France, to the town of Tarbes, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Here was located the Morane-Saulnier aircraft factory, transformed into SEMMS, then GEMMS and finally (1966) SOCATA. The history of the construction we are interested in began in 1958. It was then that…