Following on from my previous posts of the historic German Aviation Collection at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, there are other German origin World War One era aircraft on display at the museum that were operated postwar in number by the Polish Air Force. As with other aircraft of that period, they are mostly… Read More Polish Aviation Museum: World War One Era Albatros & Aviatik
Continuing on from my previous post on the German Aviation Collection at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie), the following are the rare experimental, military and research aircraft flown in Germany in the 1920’s and 1930’s that were once on display in Berlin at the Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung (German Aviation… Read More Polish Aviation Museum: The German Aviation Collection – Part III
Continuing on from my previous post on historic German aircraft at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie), the following are the World War One combat aircraft that were formerly part of the German Aviation Collection in Berlin at the Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung (German Aviation Museum). This Berlin museum once held… Read More Polish Aviation Museum: The German Aviation Collection – Part II
Within the grand collection of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie), you will find a number of very rare and highly desired aircraft of German origin, dating from the pioneering age of aviation through to World War One and World War Two. Many of these are precious museum aircraft formerly… Read More Polish Aviation Museum: The German Aviation Collection – Part I
A fantastic looking Polish Air Force Sukhoi Su-22UM3K Fitter G variable geometry sweep wing two seat combat trainer, sporting a mean looking NATO Tiger Meet exercise livery at Radom Air Show 2017. I made the journey there to see the last operational Fitters in Europe and was not disappointed with this great air show! In… Read More Polish Tiger
On the far side of the outdoor air park at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow you will find a very unusual oddity in aviation history. There you will see a bizarre looking jet powered twin boom biplane that could well have been inspired by Frank Herbert’s tales of Dune! What is it? This large… Read More The PZL M-15 Belphegor – Straight from the Pages of Herbert’s Dune!
The mass flypast of current Polish Armed Forces aircraft and helicopters to open the Radom Air Show 2017 was a beauty! To see formations of Sukhoi Su-22M4 Fitter and Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum combat aircraft flyover was something special!
Seeing active service Mikoyan Gurevich fighters in flight has always been on my aviation wishlist. The Radom Air Show 2017 in Poland has made a dream come true with plenty of MiG magic in the form of Polish Air Force Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum and Romanian Air Force Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 LanceR C jet fighters… Read More Radom Air Show 2017 – MiG Magic!
The great “MiG Alley” at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow… Read More Got MiG?
Rugged, powerful and unique. I have always been fascinated by Soviet era military aircraft. These machines have flown in every major conflict since they first appeared over the vast Eastern Front of World War Two. There was the shock to the United Nations forces when silver MiG-15’s first screamed through the skies over Korea to the battles over the Middle… Read More Beasts from the East
Aces Flying High 