Category: Airports

In 1958, a new stage in the reorganization of aviation education in Poland began. The new, modern equipment required a different, significantly expanded supply and security system. In the new assumptions, the cadet was to receive a larger raid during the 3-year training. The young pilot was to leave the university walls with a total…

The formation of the 8th Assault Aviation Regiment began at the turn of September and October 1944, on the premises of CCCP, near Kharkiv at the Volchansk airfield. The date of formation was assumed to be October 12, 1944. (According to other sources, December 10, 1944).

The area between the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski and the city of Kostrzyn nad Odrą is one of the most interesting in Greater Poland. The distance between the town of Gorzów Wielkopolski and the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą is 45 km. The area administratively belongs to the Lubuskie Voivodeship. This is where the Warta…

The Zawiercie – Tarnowskie Góry railway route was built in stages. In 1937, in free Poland, the section Zawiercie – Poręba, 8.10 km long, was first created. Soon the trail was extended to Siewierz by another 6.70 km. The line was single-track. The trail served the goods traffic of nearby workplaces. The line to Tarnowskie…

Although in its history, the Mierzęcice Pyrzowice airport had even three runways, the most important was RWY in the east-west direction. The runway was mainly used by the fighter planes of the 39th Fighter Aviation Regiment stationed here, and later the future era of commercial aviation that continues to the present (2022).

Tomaszowo is a town in Poland located in Lubuskie Province, Żagań County, Żagań Commune. The former Żagań – Tomaszowo military airport is located in the village. The airport in German was named Sagan Küpper. The Tomaszowo airport is located 7 km from Żagań.

On October 10, 2001, by the ordinance of the Council of Ministers, the airport was entered on the list of airports at which take-offs and landings may be performed in international traffic. It was connected with the organization of the air border crossing. Since then, PLL LOT has started to perform flights to some airports…

The Gola Airport near Gostynia was founded in the spring of 1940, during the Second World War, in the area occupied by Germans Wielkopolska, 3 km away, west of Gostynia. Airports received the German name Kahlenhof. Exact name Feldflugplatz Kahlenhof bei Gostyn. Coordinates: 51 ° 52’9 "N 16 ° 57’15" E. It was a field…

In 2010, a temporary exhibition entitled "Aviation Archeology" was opened in the hangar of the 2nd Aviation Regiment. The small exhibition shows fragments of planes from the Second World War, which after many years were found in the so-called area. The exhibits included fragments of the Russian Yakovlev Yak-9 P and Ławocznik La-5 fighter planes,…

This is another article about the new exhibitions at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow. In this article, we have described new exhibitions in the former garages of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Krakow. Let us remind you that in the garages previously, in one part (on the west side) there was an exhibition of…