Category: Navigation

For many years, the second, next to the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, was the AIM-7 Sparrow missile. It belonged to the medium-range missiles with radar guidance, commonly used in NATO countries. Unfortunately, it was not possible to develop and produce a fully satisfactory means of combat. The probability of achieving the target by the missile was…

The Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is an American guided medium-range air-to-ground class guided missile. The missile is used to engage point targets beyond the enemy’s air defense range. The missile is maneuverable and has a reduced radar echo.

AGM-65 G-2 Maverick is a missile designed to destroy ground targets from the air. It is intended for direct support on the battlefield. It is known for its versatility and the ability to hit a whole range of stationary ground targets: bridges, bunkers, air defense nests, warehouses, MPS stations and others, as well as mobile…

Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. it is a Turkish arms concern that has four main divisions: Defense, New Technologies, Software and Space. The company in its present form was founded in 1988 in Ankara. In 2018, the concern employed over 3,000 employees. Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. is a major Turkish arms producer.…

The beginnings of air navigation are associated with the beginnings of air communication carried out with the help of airships, i.e. self-propelled aerostats. On August 9, 1884, in Chalais-Meudon, Capt. Charles Renard and Capt. Arthur Krebs traveled 7,600 m in the La France airship at a speed of almost 20 km / h (5.5 m…

ILS (instrument landing system) is a radio system supporting the landing of an airplane in conditions of limited visibility. It belongs to the navigation systems. The system enables precise guidance of the aircraft from the limit of the range to a certain point on the glide path or even to the touchdown itself. It depends…

In the USA in 1972, an era came to an end. The 1966 contest winner, the Boeing 2707-200 had to significantly redesign its design to create the Boeing 2707-300 that closely resembled the Lockheed L-2000 competitor. Ten years of work have not been completed successfully. This does not mean, however, that American companies have completely…

JELCZ serii 642 D.35 CND-27.k „Kajman”. 2017 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

For the average passenger, the "Follow me" car is an attractively painted car known to be used to guide an airplane around an airport. Is this type of car always needed? No, not always. Usually, the car is shipped when the flight crew first arrives at the airport and does not know its schedule well,…

The real bane of pilots is ice. Few people know that at the beginning of aviation, it was icing that was the main cause of unsuccessful flights over the Atlantic. In Poland, it is true that it is far from the conditions prevailing in Greenland, but icing can occur in virtually all conditions, both in…