Polish Aviation Museum

4 July

1927

99 years ago

Maiden Flight of the Vega

The American passenger aircraft Lockheed Vega made its maiden flight. The aircraft is known for record-breaking flights, including the first non-stop flight across the USA, a transatlantic flight, and a flight over the Arctic.

4 July

1943

83 years ago

Gibraltar Disaster

Immediately after take-off from Gibraltar, a British C-87 Liberator Express crashed into the sea. The crash killed the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, General Władysław Sikorski, his daughter Zofia Leśniowska, and (probably) 14 other people. The pilot, Czech Eduard Prchal, survived.

4 July

1957

69 years ago

Maiden Flight of the Il-18

The Soviet four-engine passenger aircraft Il-18 made its maiden flight. The aircraft was produced until 1985 and was used by LOT Polish Airlines from the 1960s.

4 July

1989

37 years ago

MiG-23 Without a Pilot

A Soviet pilot ejected from a MiG-23 over Kołobrzeg due to engine power loss. Despite the failure, the pilotless aircraft flew on to Belgium, where it crashed into a house in the town of Kortrijk, killing one person.

OPENING HOURS

Day of the week	Opening hours

April

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

09:00 – 17:00

Wednesday

09:00 – 17:00

Thursday

09:00 – 17:00

Friday

09:00 – 17:00

Saturday

09:00 – 17:00

Sunday

09:00 – 17:00

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Maiden Flight of the Vega

Gibraltar Disaster

Maiden Flight of the Il-18

MiG-23 Without a Pilot

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