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As early as 1945, engineers at General Electric and Allison set out to develop a turbojet engine with an axial compressor. This is how the design of the TG-180 was born, which later received the designation J35. The engine was developed in parallel with the J33 engine. Some historians believe that the J35 engine was…

Despite the Allison T40 program failure, Allison continued to develop a single-turbine turboprop engine, as was the Allison T38 engine. The T56 engine was developed especially for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Over several decades, the Allison / Rolls Royce T56 engine has been built in over 18,000 units. The engine was used to…

The Soviet Mi-1 and Mi-4 helicopters were powered by piston engines. Turbine engines have already been widely introduced in the West. The Russians managed to obtain the Allison 250 engine. On its basis, Sergei Isotov’s team developed their own engine, which was designated GTD-350. The first engine start took place in 1961. The engine in…

In Poland, turboprop engines were encountered in the 60 years, when LOT Polish Airlines received Il-18 (1961) aircraft with Ivcheniko AI-20 engines and An-24 aircraft (1966) with Ivchenko AI-24 engines. The same engines were used in the military An-12 (Ivchenko AI-20, 1966) and in the An-26 (Ivchenko AI-24, 1972). These engines were not produced in…

I will be the first to mention the extremely interesting Jaguar combat aircraft. It is a supersonic, twin-engine tactical support aircraft, designed for precise attack on point targets with classic bombs, guided bombs and guided missiles. The plane is the fruit of British-French cooperation. For economic reasons, on May 17, 1965, the governments of France…

Probably no one doubts that with the end of World War II, Poland did not regain its sovereignty. We existed on the world map as a separate country, but extremely dependent on the Kremlin. It was there that the most important decisions concerning our fate were made. Secretaries of the only rightful party of the…

A week after the meeting mentioned in the title, it is worth sharing your own reflection and observations made in the last days. These are strange reflections, since it is so hard to break through the historical truth. It is not for me to assess why the people responsible for spreading the aviation history of…

The airport in Świdnik near Lublin was established in 1934. It happened after the victory of captain pilot Jerzy Bajan in the fourth International Tourist Flight Competition called the Challenge International Tourisme in 1934, on the RWD-9. This aircraft was purchased from voluntary contributions from the inhabitants of the Lublin region. A Pilots School was…

Several PZL TS-11 Iskra aircraft passed through the Biało Czerwone Iskra aerobatic team. Several of these planes ended up in museums. The most famous plane is the PZL TS-11 Iskra nb 1, which is located in the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow. There is also a PZL TS-11 Iskra nb 4 plane, which is located…

One fact prompted us to post this article. In 1985, a feature film about Soviet naval aviation was released. Unfortunately, we don’t remember the title. This film in Poland was shown only at closed screenings. The film’s plot was naive. Nevertheless, a fragment of this film showed a rescue version of the Tupolev Tu-16 bomber.…