Category: Airplanes

On November 15, 2012 (Thursday) LOT Polish Airlines became the first European owner of B 787 aircraft and one of the first in the world. The aircraft received the registration SP-LRA. The aircraft was flown on October 18, 2012 with registration N1026G.

Boeing B.787 is a commercial aircraft adapted to carry about 300 passengers over long distances. The B.787 is the world’s first aircraft to be built primarily of composites. The Boeing B.787 is a wide-body, medium-sized, long-haul airliner. It was designed in a classic layout with two drive motors. Despite this, it is aerodynamically ahead of…

The fact that the national carrier, which is PLL LOT, is still functioning is bordering on a miracle. That it has not yet been sold to the Germans by the liberal-masonic Government of the Republic of Poland of Prime Minister Donald Tusk is at least strange. PLL LOT’s network of long-distance connections is small. Practically,…

On December 15, 2009, B.787 made its first flight. It was version B 787-8 No. ZA001, registration N787BA, with Rolls-Royce engines. Take-off weight 176,900 kg. The flight took off from Snohomish County Airport in Everett, Washington at 10:27 a.m. and landed at Boeing Paine Field in King County, Washington at 1:35 p.m. The original flight…

The end of the 20th century brought changes to the market for the production and sale of commercial passenger aircraft. Boeing slowly began to lose its dominance to Airbus. While in the segment of aircraft up to 200 passenger seats, the B 737 and A 320 constructions went in parallel, difficult times came for Boeing…

The Iliushin Il-76 aircraft is a Soviet transport aircraft that was developed at the end of the 1960s. The aircraft received four turbojet engines and it was the first construction of this type in the Moscow State. The machine replaced Antonov An-12, Antonov An-10 and partly Antonov An-22 aircraft. All previous transport aircraft were powered…

From the very beginning of work on the Su-24, it was envisaged to build its reconnaissance variant and such a task was set as early as August 1965, with the start of work on the T-58 M. Work on this version could start only after the final formation of the Su-24 aircraft . In October…

A wing with variable geometry, with a triangular fixed center wing. The leaf with the profile SR14S-5.376 in the fixed part and from SR14S-9.226 to SR16M-10 at the end. The moving parts are attached to the center wing spar by means of ball joints. Along the entire span of the leading edge of the movable…

The first analyzes of the use of wings with variable geometry were carried out in OKB Sukhoi around 1960. At that time, the office was designing an airplane that would become a rhombus when the wings were folded. However, this work did not go beyond the preliminary stage. As soon as the first information about…

BAE Systems Hawk is a training and combat aircraft developed in the UK in 1974, and used until now (2023). The first flight was made on August 21, 1974. Over 1,000 copies were produced. The aircraft was offered to the Polish Army several times, but never entered service in Poland. The Hawk aircraft was developed…