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In Gniezno, at 32 Warszawska Street, there is a charming hotel that is called AWO. For aviation lovers, this hotel is interesting because the airmen live in it when their units practice in Poland. Usually, troops equipped with transport aircraft. The hotel was inhabited by Americans, British and others. After the visit, the airmen leave…

Witkowo is a city in the province Wielkopolskie, in the Gniezno poviat, located on the Września Plain. The seat of the municipal-rural commune of Witkowo. In the years 1975-1998 the city was administratively part of the province. Konin. Since 1999, Witkowo is located in the Gniezno Poviat, in the north-eastern part of the Wielkopolska Province.…

The second holiday celebrated that day is the Constitution Day on May 3. This day is a public holiday celebrated in Poland to commemorate the adoption in 1791 of a constitution aimed at improving the political situation in Poland. It was the 228th anniversary of its adoption. It is a public holiday.

The Polish Air Force for the eighth time took part in the mission to protect the sky over the countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The mission lasted from January 1, 2019 to May 1, 2019. Poland has sent to Lithuania four planes Lockheed Martin F-16 Jastrząb nb 4041, 4042, 4045, 4052. They were armed…

The inspiration to write this article was one photo, which has been posted on our website for several years. We present them at the end of the article. Our reader, Mr Sławomir Jóźwik, took notice of this photo, who in this picture recognized his father Franciszek Jóźwik. In the family album, Mr. Sławomir has a…

The 2018 NATO Days military demonstrations in Ostrava, Czech Republic, were held on September 15-16, 2018. But a few days earlier, occasional meetings had already been held. Airships and weapons from land units were arriving. During the whole week the weather in Ostrava was very good. It was sunny and few clouds. Good weather brought…

During a social gathering, one man asked her a question: "What do you do?" – I’m a pilot. – Ah, you run tourist trips. – No. On a plane. – Oh. You are a flight attendant. – No. I am the first officer. – Oh. You manage several flight attendants. – No. I’m driving the…

60 years is a period of relative stabilization of aviation training in Poland. Although the international situation was still tense. In August 1961, the Russians and German communists built a wall in Berlin, dividing the city into two zones of occupation. The idea was for as few people as possible to escape from the communist…

Student protests in 1968, followed by the events on the Coast in 1970; did not change the aviation training system. The actions of the new party authorities aroused a positive attitude in most of the society. The new head of the Polish United Workers’ Party, Edward Gierek (a former miner), inspired some confidence.

In 1989, socio-economic changes took place in Poland. The President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Wałęsa, led the Russian army out of Poland, but did not liquidate the Moscow agents. There was no vetting or decommunization. The economy has been looted.