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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.

Aviation products WSK PZL Mielec. 1939-1996

In 1977, Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze concluded an agreement for the license construction of the Piper PA-34 Seneca, known as the PZL M-20 Mewa, in Poland. In addition to the PZL license, they also established cooperation with the Piper Aircraft Company in the design of a new short-range passenger plane, known as a regional plane. The…

The An-2 planes were very much needed by the Russians. However, they had no processing capacity. Their factories were charged with the production of combat aircraft. The Russians, looking for a new factory for the production of An-2 planes, held talks with both Poland and the GDR (German Democratic Republic) and Czechoslovakia. The choice of…

In the early 1950s, Eng. Eugeniusz Stankiewicz developed a training plane intended for training pilots and towing gliders, designated as PZL S-3 Kania. The plane was built in 1951, but was not allowed to operate, and the prototype built at the Warsaw Aero Club airport was finally destroyed. However, in 1956, the Communication Equipment Factory…

In 1948, a seven-year plan for the development of military aviation for the period 1949-1955 was developed in Poland. These plans included the acquisition of new fighter planes driven by future-oriented turbojet engines. Since Poland was relentlessly falling into the zone of influence of the new occupant, only the Soviet Union could be the only…

The next year 2020 started successfully for PLL LOT. On January 25, 2020, it was announced that PLL LOT will take over the largest German holiday airline, Condor. The transaction was to be finalized by the end of April 2020. Thanks to this transaction, PGL (Polska Grupa Lotnicza) was to grow almost twice. There was…