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The Airshow in Mielec.

August 18th 2008, 23:33 CET
PawelKRK; 228x

17th of August was the special day of Polish Aviation Factory the “PZL Mielec”. It was the 70th anniversary of this aircraft industry and 10th anniversary of creation of new polish aviation factory . During the airshow a lot of acrobatic teams and aircrafts was showed in the Mielec' s sky.

The Military Parade in Warsaw

August 14th 2008, 20:01 CET
Drzemi; 317x

15 August is the day when Polish Army celebrates its day. Starting with the previous year we have an opportunity to see a military parade consisting of ground part and a fly-past. Same as year ago most of the planes and helicopters participating in an aerial part operate from Mińsk Mazowiecki Air Base where they started their trainings on Tuesday, 12 August. Aviation of Polish Army is represented by 4 Mi-2 helicopters and 4 W-3W Sokół. Following them Polish Navy with Mi-14PS, Mi-14PŁ, W-3RM Anakonda and Kaman SH-2G Seasprite. Polish Air Force sent 3 MiG-29s and 4 Su-22s create a GROT (arrowhead) formation together with 3 F-16s operating from their home base in Poznań - Krzesiny. 4 F-16s fly in a ROMB (rhombus). Closing group called KLIN (wedge) consists of An-26 and 2 CASA295 aircraft. In addition to them, both Polish military aerobatic teams are to perform fly-past: Biało-Czerwone Iskry (White and Red Sparks) with white and red smokes and ORLIK team with white smoke.

XII European AN-2 Meeting

August 8th 2008, 20:45 CET
PawelKRK; 470x

3.08 there was the XII European AN-2 Meeting, followed by the Jubilee 10th Mazury Aviation Fair.About 10 km from Kętrzyn there is Wilamowo Airport . A general aviation airfield has been opened in 1935, and in 1940 a deccision has been made to build secret Hitler's headquarter called Wolf's Lair - the Wolfsschanze, part of which was the airport. The airport is still active, each year there are aviation fairs organized here.

The Air Picnic in Biała Podlaska.

August 3rd 2008, 03:46 CET
Drzemi; 434x

On the 2nd of August 2008 in Biała Podlaska was organised Air Picnic. The reason for it was the 50th anniversary of creating 61lpszb (training-combat regiment) which was operating in Biala Podlaska on the currently closed airfield. At the picnic we could see Mi-2 Hoplite and PZL SW-4 parked at a football pitch in the city. The air part consisted of passes made by F-16's from Krzesiny. Unfortunately the weather made it impossible for Biało-Czerwone Iskry (White and Red Sparks Aerobatic Team) to participate. At the end of picnic both helicopters took off and headed their home base in Dęblin.

5th Air Picnic of Malopolska in Krakow

June 30th 2008, 22:00 CET
Aussie, Drzemi, maldek; 712x

On the 28th and 29th June 2008, 2 weeks after the Goraszka International Air Picnic, the 5th Air Picnic of Malopolska took place. We had a chance to see a great variety of aircraft and other flying devices. Starting with aerobatic Acromach with Ali Öztürk, Extra 300 with Robert Kowalik, MDM-1 Fox with Jerzy Makula, Zlin-50LS with Wojciech Krupa and Su-26 with Jurgis Kairys who participated in Goraszka Picnic as well, but one never can get bored with him even after watching 8 displays in 2 weeks. Also Polish Air Force haven't let us to forget about them providing us with the display of Polish White-Red Sparks (Bialo Czerwone Iskry). Polish Army sent 2 helicopters: Mi-8 and Mi-24W. Also PZL Kania from the Polish police was in the air. Unfortunately Avenger and Spitfire didn't manage to come but warbirds were still present. The Russian version of the famous Dakota - Li-2 arrived, same as Tiger Moth and TS-8 Bies. The additional plus of the picnic was that it was organised in the Pilish Aviation Museum and everyone could see the exhibition. However due to a large number of visitors it was impossible to take a picture of any exhibit without people in frame.

XIII. International Góraszka Airshow

June 8th 2008, 20:21 CET
Drzemi, Krzysztof Jarosz; 659x

On the 7th and 8th June Polish aviation fans have opportunity to admire flying machines at 13th International Air Picnic at Goraszka airfield. It's organised by the Polish Eagles' Foundation annually. As usual, the visitors had an opportunity to see various planes, helicopters and sailplanes. Modern jets, aerobatic planes, warbirds and more.

The ZLIN crashed in Poland

May 1st 2008, 22:54 CET
Kaspar; 1085x

On thursday 01 of May 2008 this plane was crashed killing it's pilot owner. The details this accident we'll annnounce next time.

Polish Army buys Hinds

April 1st 2008, 21:48 CET
qalimar; 1090x

The "Polska Zbrojna" magazine announces that Aviation of Polish Army will buy a dozen Mi-24P and modernize all of Polish Hinds. Moreover, Polish Army will get additional Mi-17s.

Ruslan takes cargo from Poland

March 18th 2008, 12:28 CET
maldek; 1135x

On the 17th of March Antonov An-124-100-150 Ruslan (reg nr RA-82078) arrived at Wroclaw International Airport . The “Big Bus” carried the cargo for the Polish Group of the International Security Assistance Force – ISAF in Afghanistan. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is the largest production airplane in the world. It was introduced to the west at the Paris Airshow of 1985. It succeeded the C-5A Galaxy in the role of world's biggest airplane. Construction continues in Kiev, Ukraine and Ulyanovsk, Russia.

Polish MiGs take off to Lithuania

March 13th 2008, 19:28 CET
Kaspar; 1195x

On the 12th of March two Polish MiG’s-29G departed to Lithuania from Malbork. Polish Fulcrum’s joined to NATO “Air Policing” mission. It will be staying in Lithuania for 3 months. That is the second mission of Polish Air Force pilots in Lithuania.The mission was named: “Orlik 2” .

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