Category: Airports

On the basis of the WLOP Commander’s Order No. 0142 of August 23, 1999, regarding organizational changes in WLOP, the 8th and 40th PLM-B were disbanded and on their basis the 8th Tactical Aviation Squadron in Mirosławiec was formed. 39th Tactical Aviation Squadron in Świdwin. 40th Tactical Aviation Squadron in Świdwin. 11. Air Base in…

In 1960, the 2nd Central Fighter Aviation Championship of WL and OPL OK was organized. The second place was won individually by pilot Ryszard Kociołowicz from the 40th PLM in Świdwin. This fact testifies to the systematic increase in the level of training of pilots and the growing combat value of the entire Regiment.

Świdwin is the seat of the City, District and Commune. The seat of the Poviat Police Headquarters and the Poviat Fire Brigade Headquarters. The city is located in north-western Poland, in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located on the Łobez Plateau on the Rega River, by the provincial roads: No. 151, No. 152, No.…

In 2016, four years of operation of Lublin Airport, the newest commercial airport in Poland, passed. Despite the reluctance of the central authorities in Warsaw, especially the previous Masonic Government of the Republic of Poland, Donald Tusk, the port is developing and achieving better and better economic results. In 2015, the port served 265,021 passengers.…

Lublin Airport is the work of thrifty and hardworking people of Eastern Poland, which used to be the Central Republic of Poland. Successive governments of the Republic of Poland were not interested in supporting the initiatives of the Lublin region, and the Masonic Government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk in particular. Examples: Removal from road…

The airport of the PZL Świdnik plant began operating in 1951. In practice, it was a reactivation of the airport that existed here before the Second World War. The purpose of the created airport was to serve the newly established Aviation Factory. It was and still is used to conduct production activities and test new…

Together with the construction of the WSK PZL Świdnik plant and its subsequent development, the City of Świdnik was established. For the builders and later employees of the Plant, brick residential barracks were built. The first were built near the railway tracks and in Franciszkanów.

Since 2010, PZL-Świdnik has been part of Leonardo Helicopters. Everything indicates that the PZL-Świdnik plant has already had a difficult period behind it and from a manufacturer of helicopter components, it has again become a factory building final products. In 2016, the fuselages of the AW.109, AW.119, AW.139 and AW.101 helicopters were in production. By…

Shortly after World War II, the School of Pilots and the Airport in Świdnik could not be revived. The main reason was the huge extermination of the Polish population during the occupation, as well as after it. The new communist authorities carefully covered the traces of pre-war Poland. The Zamość-Mokre Airport (1944) was designated as…

Already in 1934, a decision was made to build an airport near Lublin. This happened after the victory of captain pilot Jerzy Bajan in the fourth International Tourist Aircraft Competition, called the Challenge International de Tourisme in 1934, on the RWD-9 aircraft. This aircraft was purchased thanks to voluntary contributions from the inhabitants of the…