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On March 8, 1945, 13 UT-2 training planes were flew from the Mokre Airport near Zamość to the field airport of the Dęblin School "Eaglet School" in Podlodowo, Podlodowo Airport. By March 20, 1945, the entire 3rd School Squadron had moved to Podlodowo and Dęblin. The cadets of this squadron began basic training in the…

In the history of the Polish People’s Aviation we read – "Polish airmen were trained at the Aviation School of the 6th Soviet Air Force in Czkałów." What is this Chkalov? It is the so-called toque, that is, a point established in 1936 by the Soviets in Kazakhstan. Several thousand kilometers from Poland. Intended for…

In 1950, the international situation deteriorated significantly due to the outbreak of the Korean War. The Polish economy was focused on the production of large amounts of weapons. Polish leaders were blindly following orders from Moscow. The air and land forces grew quantitatively. The development of the armed forces required the training of new cadres.…

Despite the lack of statehood, Poles started construction and aviation activities earlier. In the years 1884-1918, work on the construction of heavier-than-air flying devices under the partitions and around the world was undertaken by over 100 compatriots. They designed more than 150 airplanes, of which about 110 were built and attempted to take off and…

In the PZL WSK Rzeszów in the 1950s turbojet engines under Lis-1, Lis-2 and Lis-5 licenses were built. These engines were used to propel Lim-1, Lim-2, Lim-5 and Lim-6 bis aircraft. In Poland, it was hoped that the MiG-21 fighter aircraft, as Lim-7, would be produced in PZL Mielec, and the Tumański R-11 engine in…

The General Electric CF6 commercial engine became a development of the General Electric TF39 engine. Its first launch took place in 1971. It was used as a drive for B747, B767, DC-10, A300, A310, A330 and others. The entire family of CF6 engines was created, from which subsequent generations of turbo-fan engines developed.

The Pratt & Whitney F-100 engine used in the F-15 and F-16 aircraft was a great success in military aviation. In 1962, the research and development work of the USAF and NAVA were merged. The goal was to cut costs. As a result, in 1967, USAF and NAVY issued joint requirements for a new engine…

Atar 9 engine data: The single-flow, single-shaft motor received a 9-stage axial compressor. Compressor 5.2: 1 compression. Combustion chamber. 2-stage turbine. Afterburner. Length 5.90 m, diameter 1.00 m, weight 1,456 kg. 42.00 kN draft without afterburning and 58.90 kN with afterburning. Air flow through the engine 68 kg / s. fuel consumption 103 kg /…

The JT3D / TF33 engine is a development of the JT3C / J57 engine by making it in the two-flow technology. The engine was developed by the airlines for the B 707 aircraft. Work on it started in 1957. The first operational use of the propulsion took place on June 22, 1960, when the first…

Aleksander Mikulin developed the AM-5 engine. The AM-5 engine was created in 1951 and was a scaled down AM-3 engine. The power, as well as dimensions and weight were reduced, which allowed to place this engine in a fighter class airframe. Alexander Mikulin’s team worked under time pressure. The lag of CCCP in turbojet engines…