POLSKI WRZECZ & RELICSZCZ
Recently a fair number of "new" W&R have been discovered in
EGSS STANSTED 4.4.08:
Flew from Stansted to
EPRZ
This was quite an unexpected bonus. Sitting on the ramp on arrival was an An-26 – not only with "pedigree" but actually a former Polish AF machine and a fine gap filler.
Aeroklub Rzeszowski.....
217 TS-11 Iskra bis, (c/n 1H0217) (gy) ex Polish AF. Preserved at the Aeroklub.
460 MiG-23MF, (c/n 0390220460/13404) ex 28 SPLM, Polish AF.
709 TS-11 Iskra, (c/n 1H0709) ex "4" Polish AF (Team Iskry).
These are instructional airframes, in the courtyard of Building L (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics).
BOGUCHWALA 4.4.08:
517 Lim-5, (c/n 1C0517) (bl) d/d 14.6.57 to 1 PLM, Polish AF.
For the record, there is also a civil Il-14 here, SP-FNM.
LUTCZA 4.4.08:
3073 VEB-14P, (c/n 14803073) ex 13 PLT, Polish AF.
DUKLA 4.4.08:
0527 TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E0527) ex Polish AF, registered SP-CMZ.
The effects of the Polish climate can be seen to good effect on this machine which has spent many a year exposed to the elements.
BESKO 4.4.08:
122 MiG-23MF, (c/n 0390217122/12203) ex 28 SPLM, Polish AF.
BEZMIECHOWA DOLNA 4.4.08:
.... TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E....) ex Polish AF, registered SP-GSS.
This has previously been reported as Bezmiechowka Gorna but we are happy that it is just across the boundary into "Dolna". The nearby airfield was also checked but had only gliders.
USTJANOWA GORNA 4.4.08:
Preserved at the Centrum
Ksztalcenia (a school) on Rte 84.....
509 Lim-5P, (c/n 1D0509) (bl) d/d 2.4.60 to 2 PLM, Polish AF. Wfu 11.1.79 and to GIA at Zamosc, "Manysia".
This MiG-17 is a rarer radar-equipped model and remains in excellent condition having spent relatively few years outside since the demise of the TSWL technical school at Zamosc.
OLCHOWA 4.4.08:
Preserved at a private
house on Rte 4.....
5706 Antonov An-2T, (c/n 1G157-06) ex 13 PLT, Polish AF.
2503 MiG-21R, (c/n 94R022503) ex 32 PLRT, Polish AF.
9296 MiG-21UM, (c/n 516999296) d/d 21.5.80 to 9 PLM, Polish AF.
54415045 Mil Mi-2, (c/n 544115045) ex '28' (r) Soviet AF.
108 TS-11 Iskra, (c/n 1H0108) ex Polish AF.
321 TS-11 Iskra, (c/n 1H0321) ex Polish AF.
These are all outside the owner's mother's house next to the
main road. The owner is in the construction business and spends half his time in
SEDZISZOW MALOPOLSKI 4.4.08:
Preserved alongside Rte
4.....
012 MiG-23MF, (c/n 0390221012/13410) ex 28 SPLM, Polish AF.
455 MiG-23MF, (c/n 0390220455/13309) ex 28 SPLM, Polish AF.
DEBICA 4.4.08:
506 Lim-5R,
(c/n 1C0506) ex Polish AF & Krakow Museum.
4605 Mil Mi-2Tsz, (c/n
544605016) ex 2 ELTL, Polish AF.
MIELEC 4.4.08:
Preserved behind the
Polski Hotel in ul Biernacki.....
W1741
TS-11 Iskra, (c/n 3H1507, ex W1767) "432" ex Indian AF.
GORZYCE
4.4.08:
Preserved at Zespol
Szkol w Gorzycach.....
0916 TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E0916) ex
Polish AF.
Having sat here quite happily for many a year the badly
damaged aircraft now awaits disposal after a tree fell on the cockpit area. We
managed to find this in the dark, then called it a day and found a nearby hotel.
Feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep, we set off again to skirt the
Polish border country adjacent to
EPZA ZAMOSC-MOKRE 5.4.08:
Hangars;
203 PZL104-35A Wilga, (c/n 74203) ex Polish AF, registered SP-FZD for Aeroklub Ziemi Zamojskiej.
662 Yakovlev Yak-12M, (c/n 169662) ex Polish AF, registered SP-ABT for Aeroklub Ziemi Zamojskiej.
Stored;
2616 Antonov An-2T, (c/n
1G26-16) (fuselage) ex Polish AF.
This An-2 is kept
as a spares source for the aero club's flyer (away at the moment). This is
another refugee from the former tech school at Zamosc – you can just make out
where "TSWL" has been overpainted above the two iterations of the c/n.
ZAMOSC 5.4.08:
Preserved at the Muzeum
Arsenal in ul Podgroble.....
4601 Mil Mi-2Sz, (c/n 544601016)
ex Polish AF.
611 TS-11 Iskra bis B,
(c/n 1H0611) (bl) 'B' ex Polish AF.
Preserved at gate of the
former TSWL.....
1023 TS-11 Iskra bis B, (c/n 1H1023) (r) 'B' ex Polish AF, Soc 19.6.78, painted as "1995".
CHELM 5.4.08:
Displayed at the
Instytut Nauk Technicznych in ul Partyzantow.....
9321 MiG-21UM, (c/n 516999321) d/d 5.9.80 to 9 PLM, Polish AF. To 10 PLM, to 10 elt, stored at Lask, offered for sale by AMW 10.04.
2130 Mil Mi-2T, (c/n 562130121) ex Polish AF & Deblin store.
1219 TS-11 Iskra bis D, (c/n 3H1219) ex Polish AF.
There is also a civil An-2 here. The INT is part of the PWSZ (Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa w Chelmie).
WLODAWA
5.4.08:
Preserved at Skup Metali
Kolorowych i Makulatury on Rte 812.....
0405 TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E0405) ex Polish AF.
9109 MiG-21MF, (c/n 969109) ex Polish AF.
The identity of the TS-8 is to be confirmed (some repainting
has been going on) and there is also a civil Mi-2 here. This was the second time
we had tracked down this MiG-21 in far flung parts of
KOMOROWKA PODLASKA 5.4.08:
Preserved at the Szkola
Podstawowa.....
0808 TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E0808) ex
Polish AF.
Identity of this
TS-8 is not obvious but Otger v/d Kooij recently confirmed 0808 under the paint
on the fuselage and under a wing.
NOWY SLAWECINEK 5.4.08:
Preserved at the Motel
Relax on Rte 2.....
828 TS-11 Iskra bis B, (c/n 1H0828) (r) ex Polish AF.
BIALA PODLASKA 5.4.08:
Preserved at Centrum
Handlowe Oskar.....
1901 MiG-21M, (c/n 961901) d/d 2.3.70 to 9 PLM, Polish AF. To 2 PLM. Wears 1 ELT & 41 ELT badges.
1011 TS-11 Iskra bis B, (c/n 1H1011) ex Polish AF.
Preserved at the former
air base.....
306 MiG-17PF, (c/n 5331030306) d/d 24.8.55 to 21 SELM, Polish AF. Painted as "5058", dedicated 28.2.02.
This rather smart looking MiG is one of the relatively few Russian built MiG-17s in Poland and commemorates the pilots lost by 61 LPSz-B/3 OSzL from 1958 until its closure as an Iskra base a few years ago.
WOLKA NOSOWSKA 5.4.08:
Preserved in a field on
Rte 698 E of the village......
311 TS-11 Iskra, (c/n 1H0311) (y) ex 60 LPSz, Polish AF.
LUKOW 5.4.08:
Preserved in town at the
side of Rte 63.....
1927 Lim-2, (c/n 1B01927) ex Polish AF, painted as "1944".
EPMM MINSK-MAZOWIECKI 5.4.08:
A double bonus here, first to find some MiG-29s out on the ramp on a Saturday afternoon and secondly for Eric to survive a visit to Minsk without needing hospital treatment.
89 MiG-29, (c/n 2960526389) 1 ELT, Polish AF.
105 MiG-29, (c/n 2960535105) 1 ELT, Polish AF.
114 MiG-29, (c/n 2960535114) 1 ELT, Polish AF.
0614 Mil Mi-2RL, (c/n 510614018) 1 ELT, Polish AF.
Stored.....
9114 MiG-21MF, (c/n 969114) d/d 7.5.74 to 41 PLM, Polish AF.
9233 MiG-21UM, (c/n 516999233) d/d 18.1.80 to 34 PLM, Polish AF.
4605 Sukhoi Su-22M-4, (c/n
24605) ex Polish AF.
EPWA
WARSAW-OKECIE 5.4.08:
The completion of
construction of the new terminal here has made life much easier as it is now a
simple matter to view the military ramp from the terminal. Yak-40s 038 & 041
have been reported as stored but were not obviously so, all four being out on
the ramp.
0206 Antonov M-28TD, (c/n
AJG002-06) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
631 Mil Mi-8S, (c/n
10631) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
101 Tu-154M, (90A-837) 36
SPLT, Polish AF.
504 W-3P Sokol, (c/n 330504) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
0619 W-3WA Sokol, (c/n 360619) 1 OSzL, Polish AF.
038 Yakovlev Yak-40, (c/n 9441237) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
041 Yakovlev Yak-40, (c/n 9541843) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
044 Yakovlev Yak-40, (c/n 9840659) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
045 Yakovlev Yak-40, (c/n
9840759) 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
Preserved on airport
approach road.....
9308 MiG-21UM, (c/n 516999308) d/d 28.7.80 to 26 PLM, Polish AF.
OTREBUSY 5.4.08:
Muzeum Motorzacji i
Techiki storage compound on Rte 719.....
- TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E....) ex Polish AF, "B-53".
The second TS-8 here (the previously displayed in this car
museum) has recently left, allegedly
for restoration to fly at
WARKA 5.4.08:
Preserved at 1 PLM memorial on ul Dluga....
026 Lim-2, (c/n 1B.....) ex Polish AF (dedicated 23.8.69).
BRONISZEW 6.4.08:
Preserved at Bliska petrol station on Rte 7.....
6256 Sukhoi Su-20R, (c/n 74416) ex 7 PLBR, Polish AF.
BRONISZEW 6.4.08:
Preserved outside the Armex Firmowy premises on Rte 7.....
312 TS-11 Iskra, (c/n 1H0312) ex Polish AF.
NOWE MIASTO NAD PILICA 6.4.08:
Preserved in town centre by Rte 728.....
309 Lim-5, (c/n 1C0309) d/d 27.3.57 to 10 DLM, Polish AF. Painted as "5058".
ZARNOW 6.4.08:
Preserved (in imaginative colours) at a Shell petrol station on Rte
74.....
1810 MiG-21M, (c/n 961810) d/d 30.12.69 to 41 PLM, Polish AF.
WYSZYNA MACHAROWSKA 6.4.08:
Displayed at Kamieniarstwo Jan Kol on Rte 42.....
2089 MiG-21R, (c/n 94R022089) d/d 26.1.72 to 32 PLRT, Polish AF.
You may think that a memorial stonemason's is a strange place for a preserved MiG-21, yet that's where both this and the Tumlin machine (below) are. In fact whilst we were at Tumlin an old man was measuring up a grave stone.
MNIOW 6.4.08:
Preserved at
106 Lim-2, (c/n 1B00106) ex Polish AF.
TUMLIN 6.4.08:
Preserved at Dabrowka Zaklad Przerobu Kamienia Budowlanego.....
07 MiG-21bis, (c/n 75078855) d/d 13.3.80 to 34 PLM, Polish AF, Wfu 17.5.93 to instructional at Olesnica as "07/Szkolny".
SKARZYSKO KAMIENNA 6.4.08:
Museum Orla Bialego
3054 VEB-14, (c/n 14803054) ex 13 PLT, Polish AF.
1526 Lim-2R, (c/n 1B01526) ex Polish AF.
1001 Lim-5P, (c/n 1001) d/d 13.5.55 to 21 SELM, Polish AF, to 41 PLM, to Polish Navy for 7 PLM-B.
635 Lim-6MR, (c/n 1D0635) built as Lim-6M, d/d 10.1.61 to 29 PLM, Polish AF. Converted to Lim-6MR '73, to 40 PLM, to 8 PLM-B, Wfu 10.7.87.
2401 MiG-21PF, (c/n 762401) d/d 14.4.64 to 62 PLM, Polish AF, Soc 30.8.88.
0207 TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E0401) ex Polish AF. Painted as "0401".
809 Sukhoi Su-7BKL, (c/n 7809) ex Polish AF.
21 Yakovlev Yak-23, (c/n ....) ex Polish AF.
BRZEZINY 6.4.08:
Preserved at Paliw Dostarcza PKN Orlen .....
6262 Sukhoi Su-20R, (c/n 74312)
ex 7 PLBR, Polish AF, ex
PINCZOW 6.4.08:
Preserved outside MOSiR leisure centre.....
0519 TS-8 Bies, (c/n 1E0519) ex Polish AF.
Dodging the traffic at Pinczow we called in at the excellent
Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego
2003 MiG-21M, (c/n 962003) d/d 29.1.70 to 41 PLM, Polish AF. To 10 PLM, to 10 ELT.
9107 MiG-21MF, (c/n 969107) d/d 23.4.74 to 41 PLM, Polish AF. To 10 PLM, to 10 ELT (Special marks).
9204 MiG-21bis, (c/n 7508924) d/d 14.7.81 to 26 PLM, Polish AF. To 9 PLM, to 3 ELT.
9349 MiG-21UM, (c/n 516999349) d/d 5.5.81 to 11 PLM, Polish AF. To 3 ELT (Special marks).
05
Mil Mi-2M2, (c/n ZD0105094) ex Polish AF (arr 27.7.07).
6048
Mil Mi-2Ch, (c/n 516048049) ex Polish AF & Lodz.
304
Sukhoi Su-22UM-3K, (c/n 17532368304) ex Polish AF.
3005
Sukhoi Su-22M-4, (c/n 23005) ex Polish AF.
1221
TS-11 Iskra bis DF, (c/n 3H1221) ex 1 OSzL, Polish AF.
1909
TS-11R Iskra, (c/n 3H1909) ex 3 elt, Polish AF.
Building work
appeared to be just starting on a major development here which will enable more
of this magnificent collection to be properly cared for.
EPKK KRAKOW
6.4.08:
0209 M-28B Bryza, (c/n
AJG002-09) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
0210 M-28B Bryza, (c/n
AJG002-10) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
0212 M-28B Bryza, (c/n
AJG002-12) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
0214 M-28B Bryza, (c/n
AJG003-02) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
0217 M-28B/PT Bryza, (c/n
AJG003-05) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
012 CASA C295M, (c/n
S-...) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
014
CASA C295M, (c/n S-...) 13
ELTr, Polish AF.
015
CASA C295M, (c/n S-...) 13
ELTr, Polish AF.
016
CASA C295M, (c/n S-...) 13
ELTr, Polish AF.
018 CASA C295M, (c/n S-...) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
020 CASA C295M, (c/n S-044) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
4545 Mil Mi-2RL, (c/n 544545016) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
0852 Antonov An-2, (c/n 1G108-52) Polish AF (Stored).
7445 Antonov An-2, (c/n 1G74-45) Polish AF (Stored).
7447 Antonov An-2, (c/n 1G74-47) Polish AF (Stored).
1403 Antonov An-26, (c/n 1509) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
1406 Antonov An-26, (c/n 1509) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
1508 Antonov An-26, (c/n 1509) 13 ELTr, Polish AF (stored).
1602 Antonov An-26, (c/n 1509) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
1603 Antonov An-26, (c/n 1509) 13 ELTr, Polish AF.
1509 Antonov An-26, (c/n 1509)
13 ELTr, Polish AF.
The remaining stored An-26s were not read off but for the record should still be 1310, 1402, 1407, 1604.
This place is now a thriving civil airport and has changed somewhat since 1994 when I last flew out of here, in a Polish AF An-26. The military transports are expected to move to Powidz soon.
BIELANY
6.4.08:
Preserved in town centre
on ul Ksiecia Jozefa (Rte 728).....
- Yakovlev Yak-23, (c/n ....) ex Polish AF, painted as "1616".
Even with Sat Nav you can still be presented with some
obstacles - but we still made it to the last target before returning to
BRZESINY
6.4.08:
032 Yakovlev Yak-40, (c/n
9331129) ex 36 SPLT, Polish AF.
This machine
looks somewhat out of place being preserved for no apparent reason at a private
lakeside out in the sticks.
EPKK
Flew from Krakow to
With thanks to the usual suspects, Eric, Ian and the Boy.