Polish Aviation Museum

25 July

1909

117 years ago

Blériot Over the English Channel

Frenchman Louis Blériot, at the controls of a Blériot XI aircraft, made the first flight across the English Channel by aeroplane. Covering the 35-kilometre route from Calais to Dover took the aviator 37 minutes. A replica of the Blériot XI built by Paweł Zołotow in 1967 is in the collection of the Polish Aviation Museum.

25 July

1985

41 years ago

Maiden Flight of the Gapa

The single-seat open-cockpit training glider PW-2 Gapa made its maiden flight. 19 examples were built, one of which is in the collection of the Polish Aviation Museum.

25 July

2000

26 years ago

Concorde Disaster

During take-off from Le Bourget airport, an Air France Concorde ran over a metal piece from another aircraft lying on the runway. This caused a fire, but the incident occurred at a moment when it was too late to abort take-off. Two minutes into the flight, the Concorde crashed in the town of Gonesse, hitting […]

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Tuesday

09:00 – 17:00

Wednesday

09:00 – 17:00

Thursday

09:00 – 17:00

Friday

09:00 – 17:00

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Sunday

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Blériot Over the English Channel

Maiden Flight of the Gapa

Concorde Disaster

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