Category: Articles

On September 1, 2018, in the town of Napoleon, in the Lipie commune, Kłobuck poviat, the official opening of the aviation museum "303 Squadron" Lt. Col. pil. Jan Zumbach ". The museum is located 39 km from Częstochowa, in the north-west direction. The museum is in the educational offer of the National Education Bureau of…

The idea of the "Papal Train" had its source in the idea of the "Papal Route". On April 2, 2005, at 21:37, John Paul II the Great, the greatest of the Slavic family, died in the Vatican, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. After the departure of John Paul II to the Father’s house,…

The development of iron railways in Polish lands was very dynamic and similar as in most countries of Western Europe. In Kraków, the construction of the railway station and the railway line from Silesia was planned in the 30-year-old centers. In the first assumptions, the railway station was to arise in Łobzów, outside of the…

On August 24, 2012, at the Nowy Glinnik Airport, another day of open barracks was organized and the ground army aviation holiday. The ceremony began at 09.00 a.m. Mass in the Garrison Church. Then a commemorative plaque was unveiled in memory of Sergeant Zbigniew Biskup, who died on December 22, 2011 as one of the…

There was a private aviation museum in Lublinek in Łódź, at Pilska Street. About 30 exhibits are collected there. There were planes and helicopters, military and civilian. Several extremely rare pieces. One of them was the large Mil Mi-6 helicopter. It was one of three helicopters of this type used in Poland, both military and…

Description to the photo: The unarmed Mil Mi-17 helicopters were brought to Poland in 1989. In WZL No. 1, two of them were modified to the Mi-17AE (Aero Evacuation) version, i.e. medical evacuation of soldiers from the battlefield. One of these helicopters was the Mi-17 AE Nr 106M06, Nb 606, the helicopter was in stock…

The first completely Polish glider was the SL-1 Akar glider, developed in 1922. The structure was developed and built by Adam Karpiński. The design was amateurish, but successful enough to win first and second place in the first gliding competition in 1923 in Białka near Nowy Targ. The glider was single-seat, with a frame structure,…

During the 50 years, the CCCP developed several turboprop engines. One of them was the Ivchenko AI-20 engine. This engine was used to power such aircraft as An-10, An-12 and Ił-18. The engine was developed at the end of the 50-year period in Zaporizhia. The team was headed by Alexander Ivchenko. Previously, the team was…

The French decided to radically rebuild the engine. The Atar 08 program was launched. The dimensions of the new engine have slightly improved. The compressor has grown from 7 stages to 9 stages. Compression increased to 5.5: 1. The turbine has been completely rebuilt, increasing its diameter. New alloys were introduced, including magnesium alloys. The…

The R-25 engine is a continuation of the R-11, R-13 engines. The R-25 engine was used in the MiG-21 bis aircraft. The R-25 engine has two levels of afterburning. The R-25-300 engine has 1 x 4,020 kG without afterburning thrust, 6,960 kG with the first afterburning, and 9,708 kG with the second afterburning. The engine…