Category: Plane crash
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Tragedy Lim-2 with pilot Marian Wolszczak on 1955-05-18.
50 years in the Polish Military Aviation is a period of dynamic development. There has been a quantitative and qualitative leap. However, it was a development beyond the ordinary defense needs of Poland, and made at the request of the Moscow state. The Polish Aviation Industry launched large-scale production of modern combat aircraft, which were…
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Tragedy MiG-21 M nb 1902 on 1982-09-22
The flight was performed on the MiG-21 M nb 1902 aircraft. MiG-21 M aircraft belong to the third generation of Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-21 fighters. The MiG-21 M (SM) type 15 aircraft, E-7 SM, was developed in 1968, based on the reconnaissance MiG-21 R. Four armament nodes were installed under the wings, with a lifting…
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PZL-37 Łoś – Ignacy Kasprzyk 2017
In June 2016, the first patriotic and religious celebrations were held in Płoki near Trzebinia related to the 78th anniversary of the air death of the crew of the PZL-37 A Łoś aircraft, including senior military foreman Ignacy Kasprzyk, who was buried at the parish cemetery in Płoki near Krakow.
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Tragedy PZL I-22 Iryda 1996-01-24
21 years have passed since the Iryda accident, which began the destruction of the aviation industry. This topic will outrage public opinion for a long time, because what was done was incredibly stupid. Raising the topic of Iryd again encouraged me with the fact that one of the designers from Mielec, M.Eng. Stanisław Śmist sent…
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Sukhoi Su-22 M 4 K nb 3818 accident on 1995-04-04.
The outbreak of the Second Cold War at the beginning of the 1980s forced the rearmament of the Warsaw Pact countries. In Poland, MiG-23 MF planes were introduced to the service of fighter aviation in a limited number and, for financial reasons, to two MiG-21 bis regiments. However, the real retooling took place in the…
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The tragedy of the PZL-37 Łoś on June 20, 1938. Part 2
If you want to visit Płoki, pay homage to Our Lady and bow at the grave of Ignacy Kasprzyk, these are not the only things you can see here. The difficulty is that the town of Płoki is not located on the main road and you have to come here in private. The area is…
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The tragedy of the PZL-37 Łoś on June 20, 1938. Part 1
On June 19, 2016, near Krakow, near Trzebinia, in the small town of Płoki, an unusual ceremony took place. The restored tomb of aviation master Ignacy Kasprzyk was unveiled, who was buried in the parish cemetery at the Temple – Sanctuary of Our Lady in Płoki 78 years ago.
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 3
There are two airports in Smolensk. One located south of the city center. They can be described as civil, sport or sanitary airports. It is an airport with poor infrastructure. It was used by small planes. RWY is 1 600 m long. Concrete pavement. Shortly after the catastrophe (on April 10, 2010), many journalists suspected…
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 2
When in the first part (Part 1) we wrote about the huge consequences for the Republic of Poland, much larger than September 11, 2001, for the USA, we meant the lack of people who were the engines of many undertakings. There are irreplaceable people. People who with their developed talents strengthened the spirit in the…
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Tragedy Tu-154 M nb 101 with President Lech Kaczyński on 2010-04-10 Part 1
It’s only been 10 days since the crash. It’s hard to accept what happened. The mourning and funerals of other victims continue. The investigative work will probably last for many more years. But it is difficult not to present the facts, comments and assessments collected so far. The entire article is subjective and you can…
