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The Lockheed F-104 fighter is one of the most famous combat aircraft in the West, 60-70 years of the 20th century. The first flight took place in 1954. A total of 2,615 were built. The plane was also produced outside the US. Among others in Italy – F-104 S ASA-M. One of such copies of…

Analyzing the matter of signing the contract for another 12 M-28 Bryza aircraft for the Polish Army, we have to go back to 2003. At that time, the contract for the delivery of CASA C-295 M transport aircraft was carried out, and a contract for multi-role combat aircraft F-16 was concluded. .

On September 18, 2010, two years after the start of construction, a new main range of the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków, Czyżyny, was opened. It is also one of the elements of the Aviation Cultural Park being created. Krakow gained a modern cultural and museum facility. Thanks to this, the historical place still retains…

Most museums entirely devoted to the history of aviation are forced to manage quite small parts of the area off the beaten track of still active airports. A completely different situation takes place in Krakow, the local Polish Aviation Museum is in the possession of a large part of the historic, now no longer used…

2010 is particularly successful when it comes to new exhibits for the Polish Aviation Museum in Czyżyny in Krakow. We haven’t got enough time yet; Jaguar, CM 170 Super Magister, Mi-8 and Bell CH-136, and we already have new products. It certainly makes aviation enthusiasts happy. But most of all words of appreciation are due…

Since 2006, the voice of the liberal media has been heard about the noise emitted by Lockheed Martin F-16 Jastrząb fighters taking off and landing at Krzesiny Airport. We get the impression that these media make more noise than fighters, and the topic like a good stew, is reheated every now and then.

The plane belonged to the second batch delivered to Poland from CCCP. This delivery took place in 1985, and the aircraft was delivered in boxes (containers) to the airport in Powidz. There, Soviet technicians assembled the machine and made a test flight. After the delivery and acceptance inspection and the control flight, the aircraft was…

On September 19-26, 2008, the largest military exercise in our country, codenamed Anakonda ’08, was conducted. It was an exercise for all Polish military components. About 7,000 soldiers, 1,400 vehicles, 43 aircraft and 19 ships took part in it. The main exercise sites were the training grounds in Drawsko and Ustka as well as sea…

The PZL I-22 Iryda was probably the last training and combat aircraft developed by Polish designers. A plane that was needed on the one hand and unwanted on the other. Following his over 20-year career, one gets the impression that he arose from rape and was later aborted. 

In order to understand the essence of offset well, we must go back to the turn of the 80’s / 90’s. We had the first free elections in Poland, the Berlin Wall is torn down in the West, and the CCCP is breaking up into individual republics. The result is the end of the Second…