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Calendar

We invite you to discover the fascinating history of aviation through our interactive calendar.

16 October
16 October
1929
97 years ago

Record of Żwirko and Kocjan

Franciszek Żwirko and Antoni Kocjan set an international altitude record (4,004 m) in an RWD-2 aircraft – the first Polish world aviation record.

16 October
1931
95 years ago

SG-21 “Lwów” Glider

Szczepan Grzeszczyk performed the maiden flight of the SG-21 “Lwów” competition glider he had designed. The glider was towed by a PZL-5 aircraft – this was the first aero-tow launch of a glider prototype in Poland. Over the following two days, the glider was towed along the 500+ km route Warsaw–Lwów–Bezmiechowa. There, on 19 October, […]

16 October
2024
2 years ago

Pope John Paul II Day