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In 1994, the Technical School in Zamość was closed. That is why the Air Force Engineering Training Center in Oleśnica and the Air Force Technical School in Zamość created the Aviation and Engineering Training Center in Oleśnica. As the only school of this type in Poland, it seemed to have a guaranteed stable and secure…

The process of organizing the Aviation School in a new location, after moving from Zamość to Warsaw, took a long time. From July 1945 to April 1946. The school occupied the barracks of the pre-war artillery regiment. The brick buildings were built in the 1930s and were relatively new. Although the barracks were partially destroyed,…

The name Dęblin appeared on the occasion of the French Pilot School and the description of schools in Grudziądz. Why Dęblin? The Mokotowskie airport was too tight for such a large number of air units. After considering various variants of the new location of the Aviation School, Dęblin was chosen. The main selection criterion was…

Description of the photo: The LVG B.II training plane was used at the School in Toruń in the first years of its operation. The aircraft was developed in 1917. Basic T-T data: Span 14.00 m. Length 9.00 m. Take-off weight 1,100 kg. Top speed 100 km / h. Range 300 km. 6-cylinder in-line Mercedes D…

In 1920, air training was spontaneously undertaken at Grudziądz Airport. Using the barracks (at today’s Parkowa Street), the infrastructure, hangars and the airport located in the present "Lotnisko" housing estate, or the field airport in Bzów and the Group’s training ground on the left bank of the Vistula. In the years 1920 – 1939, there…

At the end of the Great World War, in 1918, there were only 14-16 planes, 10 staff and about 100 ground service personnel at Bydgoszcz Airport. Most of them were Poles. There was a school of aviation observers here. At the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising, two Polish pilots (Antoni Bartkowiak and Alojzy Błażyński)…

The Military Aviation School was established on Pole Mokotowskie in Warsaw. It operated from January 1919 to May 1919, when it was reorganized. As a result of its reorganization, another aviation school was established in Krakow. The school in Warsaw was transformed into the Pilots College in Pole Mokotowskie. The school used mainly the equipment…

The first countries to buy Mi-24 A helicopters were: Ethiopia, Algeria, Libya, Vietnam and Afghanistan. But these helicopters had little combat value. Only the modernized version of the Mi-24 D, adopted by the Red Army in 1976, gained recognition in the Warsaw Pact countries. The Mi-24 D helicopters were bought in 1982 by the Hungarian…

In total, approximately 2,500 Lockheed F-104 Starfighters of various versions were produced, which served in the aviation of 15 countries: Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Jordan, Canada, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Taiwan, Turkey, the USA and Italy. Licensed production was started by Canadair in Canada (CF-104), Mitsubishi in Japan (F-104 J) and Italy. In…

Airplanes lined up from east in a counterclockwise direction. From the memorial wall with commemorative plaques.