Category: Airports

Geographically and historically, Arłamów is located in the Bieszczady Mountains. According to tradition, the name of the town comes from the so-called arłamans (vagabonds) who settled here during the times of the Russian princes. The town was re-located under Wallachian law at the end of the 15th century by Jan Herburt (Arłamowski) (1470–1508) – a…

General Ludomił Rayski, head of the Aeronautics Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, pursued a policy to concentrate the entire Polish Aviation Industry in state hands. There were good and bad sides to this action. However, for the Plage and Laśkiewicz Plant it meant nationalization or liquidation. At that time, the factory in Lublin…

Zakłady Mechaniczne Emil Plage i Teofil Laśkiewicz in Lublin is the first Polish Aviation Factory. The plant had been producing aircraft since 1921. From 1928, he produced his own structures under the name Lublin. The plant was nationalized in 1935. On September 1, 1939, Germanic troops invaded Poland, starting World War II. On September 17,…

After a dozen or so years, the Polish Air Force returned to good old practices. The idea is to re-start training pilots and aircraft crews in the use of airport road sections. According to available information, the last exercises of this type took place in 2006. After this year, Freemasonry in Poland began to liquidate…

The first road airport sections in the world were built at the end of World War II. In their desperation, the Germans began to use sections of highways as temporary airports. This is how the Reichsautobahn system was developed, but it did not help to end the war victoriously or even preserve the borders of…

The USA is the country with the largest Polish community in the world. The main places of residence of the Polish diaspora in the USA are the cities: Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle. It is estimated that nearly 10 million people of Polish origin live in the United States, and approximately…

Krzywa Airport has become a thing of the past and no plane will take off from it anymore. Krzywa Airport is another airport in Poland operated for nearly 50 years by the troops of the Moscow state. It was one of the most important Soviet airports in Poland, next to the airports in Brzeg, Chojna,…

Świdwin Airport is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The airport has an EPSN code. It has geographical coordinates 53 47 25 N 15 49 39 E (53.791N 15.826E). It lies at an altitude of 116 m above sea level (381 ft), according to other data 120 m above sea level. Radio frequency info 128.5.…

On July 1, 2010, the 21st Tactical Air Base began operating. It was created after the decision of the Minister of National Defense No. Z-31/Org./P1 of August 25, 2009. The new unit brought together the 21st Air Base, 7th ELT, 8th ELT and 40th ELT in its structures. Operationally, it is subordinated to the 1st…

On March 22, 2006, the official handover of the 23rd BLot from the 2nd Air Defense Corps in Bydgoszcz to the 1st Tactical Aviation Brigade in Świdwin took place. The order in this case was issued on March 2, 2006. The commander of the 2nd KOP Brig. drink Tadeusz Kuziora, in short soldier words, thanked…