Category: Navigation
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Navigation history. Airport equipment. Available cars
The GAZ-69 is a Soviet all-terrain vehicle produced in the period 1952-1955 at the GAZ plant in Gorky and until 1972 at the UAZ plant in Ulyanovsk (designated UAZ-69). It was the basic light off-road vehicle in the armies and services of the communist bloc and other countries in the economic or military sphere of…
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Navigation history. Organizational Air Force in the 70s the XX century. 2014.
The regiment was headed by a commander with the Regiment’s Command and the Staff. The commander was a pilot, usually had the rank of colonel and higher education, and was a member of the PZPR party. The commander reported directly to the Division or Corps commander. The commander had to help: Deputy commander for training.…
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The structure of the Polish Army Aviation in the 70s of the 20th century.
In the 70s, MiG-21 MF aircraft were the basic fighters in the Polish Army. The presented aircraft was used in the 10th PLM in Łaski. One of its pilots was Captain Andrzej Śliwiński. After service, the aircraft went to the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow.
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Navigation history. Airport equipment. Cars from CCCP
As it will turn out in this article, a lot of various types of cars from the East were used in the Polish Army during the communist era. This situation was mainly due to the fact that the Moscow state provided us with specialist equipment already built; radio stations, radio lines, radar stations, aggregates, etc.…
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Navigation history. Airport equipment. JELCZ cars
Jelczańskie Zakłady Samochodowego is the second largest producer of trucks in Poland. The plants were located in Jelcz-Laskowice. They specialized in the production of heavy trucks. There were much fewer JELCZ trucks in the Polish Army than STAR trucks. This was due to several reasons, most notably the higher purchase price. JELCZ trucks turned out…
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Navigation history. Airport equipment. STAR cars
Two Polish truck brands were popular in the Polish Army; STAR from Starachowice (from 1948) and JELCZ in Jelcz-Laskowice (from 1952). The vehicles of these manufacturers were the most popular in Poland. Often built special for the needs of the Polish Army. The name STAR should not be associated with the English language – a…
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Navigation history. One pilot in the cockpit. 2014.
In commercial aviation, the time is approaching when there will be only one pilot-captain in the cockpit of a commercial plane flying at an altitude of 37,000 ft. In 2010, the head of one of the largest low-cost airlines Ryanair, Mr. Michael O’Leary, threw the slogan – "One pilot in the cockpit". And there was…
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Automatic landing systems. 2014.
In the 1940s, a US Post Office survey showed that 76% of forced landings were due to bad weather. Therefore, extensive efforts have been made in the US and UK to develop a blind landing system that would enable landing at night and in bad weather. The governments of both countries were involved in the…
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General Airport – Part 5. 2014
Balice airport. 23.07.2012 year. A plane belonging to the low-cost carrier EasyJet, type Airbus A 320, G-EZTI registration just arrived from London. The plane stopped at the platform stand. Hour 08; 26. There were 150 passengers on board.
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Supersonic passenger aircraft. 1960-1970.
In the previous chapter, "Outline of the history of air navigation 1960-1980", we presented the most important problems in the development of commercial aviation and the accompanying navigation. This period culminated in commercial passenger airliners; Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 and Convair 880/990 which were powered by turbojet engines. The first two designs were designed to…