Category: Airports

Ujazd airport was founded by the German army during the occupation of Poland in 1941, i.e. in the year when brothers; the Germans and Russians looked at each other. Although it is equally probable that this area was included in the plans of the Polish Army in 1938 as an airport planted.

After the disbandment of the 66th LPSz at the Tomaszów Mazowiecki Airport, the 2nd Security Battalion was created. It was subordinate to the 60th Radom Air School Regiment. The airport was used mainly by the 3rd School Squadron under the command of Lt. dipl. pil. Zenon Mackiewicz. This state of affairs continues until the end…

Only after the socio-economic transformations of 1989, local authorities began to carry out an inventory of the so-called "Regained Territories". Official letters regarding the legal owner of Kętrzyn Airport started circulating. The Ministry of National Defense completely got rid of the rights to the facility. The Kętrzyn Commune, as the sole owner, put the airport…

Photo description: The Ty23 series steam locomotive was a Polish heavy steam locomotive, which was developed by Polish engineers and produced in the period 1923 – 1934. Ty23 means a freight locomotive with the "y" axle arrangement, which was approved in 1923. The axis system is 1’E, i.e. 1-5-0 (oOOOOO), and the Polish designation is…

Kaniów airport is a civil, public airport with limited certification. The owner of the airport is Bielski Park Techniki Lotnicza Sp. z o.o, and the administrator of Bielski Park Technologiczny Aviation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Sp. z o.o. ICAO code for the airport is EPKW. The coordinates of the Kaniów airport are 49 ° 56′27.10 ″…

Wilcze Laski Airport is a former military airport with typical infrastructure from the 1950s. Other common names are Borki or Okonek. The airport is located approximately 14 km south of Szczecinek, near the town of Wilcze Laski. It belongs to the military complex currently called Borne Sulinowo and is located on its eastern edge, among…

For over 50 years, the infrastructure of Siemirowice Airport has changed. It is adapted to the flying equipment used here. Recent years have brought further changes in the role to be played by Polish Maritime Aviation. New tasks (not typically combat tasks anymore), but equally important for the Republic of Poland and the Baltic Sea,…

The nomenclature of individual airports, and especially alternate airports, has caused and still causes some difficulties. It was usually the case that the airport received the name of the poviat town in which it was located. But it could also have received the name of a neighboring town, because there was a post office, or…

At a distance of about 1,500 m from the village of Pieniężnica, there is an area of the former military airport. Pieniężnica Airport was established in the mid-50s of the 20th century as a typical backup airport for combat regiments of the Polish Army. The layout of the take-off area was typical of airports of…

The largest of the villages is Oleszno. There are four towns in Poland named Oleszno. The one we are interested in is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Drawsko poviat, in the Drawsko Pomorskie commune. Oleszno has the coordinates of 53°28′25″N 15°46′02″E. Elevation 104 meters above sea level. In 2007, Oleszno had 214…