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Small Planet Airlines was a former mixed capital charter company; Polish, Lithuanian and German. The company was founded on March 14, 2007 as FlyLal Charters. In 2010, it changed its name to Small Planet Airlines. The seat of the company was in Warsaw and Katowice. The line was an association of three independent companies. The…

The traditions of the Military University of Technology refer to the Knight’s School established in Warsaw. After Poland regained independence in 1918, military departments were established at the Warsaw and Lviv Polytechnics. In 1936, the Higher School of Engineering was established in Warsaw (from April 1939, the Military Main School of Engineering), and in the…

The Technical Aviation School of the Polish Army in Warsaw operated in the period 1945-1949. The school trained aviation specialists. It was a school that was organized in Zamość in 1944. In 1949, the school was moved again to Zamość and also to Oleśnica. The Military University of Technology was established in Warsaw.

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is the leader of the Scientific and Research support for military aviation technology. Supervised by the Minister of National Defence, since 1953 it has been developing modern solutions that bring large savings to Poland, at the same time maintaining the highest level of the used technology. The products…

In Poland, for several years, sightseeing flights by plane, glider or powered hang-glider have become more and more popular. Sightseeing flights are not new. Already in the 90s, Krakow-Balice Airport offered sightseeing flights over Krakow with the PZL-104 Wilga-35 plane.

There is the Jakowlew Jak-40 nb 032 aircraft in Brzeźnica near Skawina. The aircraft is a private property and it is a copy of the original painting used in the Polish Army until 1993. 19 aircraft of this type were used in Poland. Only the first copy was not operated in the Polish Army. The…

For the ninth time Polish Soldiers took part in the defense of the airspace of the Baltic States. This time the contingent issued 32 Tactical Air Base from Lask. On December 27, 2019, at the 32nd Tactical Air Base, soldiers of the PKW Orlik 9 shift were farewelled, who served in Estonia for five months…

The tradition of aerobatic flights in the Polish Army dates back to the second half of the 20th century, when experienced pilots in air regiments performed joint acrobatics. However, the most famous was the "Kraków Aerobatic Troika", with pilot officers: Jerzy Bajan, Karol Pniak and Stanisław Macek, who flew PWS-A fighters.

Due to good weather conditions, aviation training was conducted in Rzeszów since 1967. The first cell was the Aviation Training Center, which was established at the Rzeszów University of Technology. The base for the establishment of the center was the Aeroklub Rzeszowski and the facilities of the Jasionka airport. Jasionka airport, as an airport, moved…

Dassault Mystere IV A is a French fighter-bomber aircraft built by Marcel Dassault. In January 2020, the plane went to Krakow on the basis of a deposit agreement with the American National Air Force Museum. Once assembled, the aircraft will be exhibited at the Museum in the 50/60 aviation area of the 20th century.