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Argus As 109-014 was the pulse engine that powered the V1 flying bombs. The V1 bomb was a small unmanned aircraft that was automatically controlled by a simple gyroscopic autopilot. The warhead had a mass of 850 kg. Range about 250 km. Cruising speed about 640 km/h. The engine, with a thrust of 2.7 kN…

Airplane jet propulsion is a colloquial term currently used to indicate that we mean a turbojet powered airplane. Although there is a much larger range of jet propellers. A jet engine is a rocket engine and a pulse engine, and modern airplanes do not have such. I will try to explain why this happened.

Star engines, developed by Polish constructors, did not meet most of the needs of Polish Aviation. We had talented designers, but we lacked the technical background, and most of all, the funds. Remember that developing a good aircraft engine takes a long time (4-6 years) and requires a lot of testing. Significant involvement of the…

Star engines, classic ones, became the main tool of aviation development. However, at present they are already historical structures. They are still in production but are not being developed anymore. An example of the still produced engine is the WSK PZL Kalisz ASz-62 engine with a capacity of 1,000 HP. These engines have already been…

"When I entered the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland did not have the ability to ensure the security of the state’s territory, airspace, key state management facilities, or cyberspace," Minister Antoni Macierewicz said in the Sejm on Wednesday, presenting information on the audit at the Ministry of National Defense.

Description for the photo: 9-cylinder, radial, rotary, air-cooled engine, 130 HP. Built in France in 1915. The engine was manufactured under license in the UK and the USA. The engine was mounted on the following airplanes: Sopwith Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Nieuport 17.

When we look at an airplane and we see a propeller, we say a propeller plane, and when we don’t see a propeller we say a jet airplane. Simple and logical. However, the issue of propulsion of airplanes and other aircraft is more complicated. Before we present the general division of drives, we will start…

This article is subjective and serves only to signal a "problem" that existed in Poland for 50 years, and is now at least passed over in silence and considered non-existent. No publication on this subject has been published so far. The Moscow State Occupation Army (CCCP) was the problem. So – "Kurica not bird. Poland…

There has been talk of the necessity to purchase new helicopters for the Polish Army since 2004, i.e. after signing the contract for 48 F-16 multi-role combat aircraft. At that time, the French side emphasized that it was time to shop in Europe. By implication, come a trade with the US.

On December 15, 2014, the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, signed a decision on the use of the Polish Military Contingent (PMC) as part of the Allied Forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the military airspace surveillance mission of the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic…