Behind the MiG Alley, there is an agricultural aviation exhibition – aircraft and equipment used for crop spraying. It features an Mi-2 helicopter with a dry chemical spreading installation, a PZL-101 Gawron aircraft, formerly used in agricultural aviation and still used in aero clubs, mainly for towing gliders, as well as an An-2 in an agricultural version. Next to the aircraft stands a chemical tank mounted in the cargo cabin.
Estimated individual visiting time – approximately 10–15 minutes.
The An-2, designed in the USSR in 1947, is a multi-purpose biplane mass-produced under licence at PZL Mielec. These aircraft are used for transporting passengers and cargo, parachute dropping, and agricultural tasks. During the communist era, these planes were repeatedly used for escapes from Poland to the West. They were exceptionally well-suited for this purpose – the spacious passenger cabin could accommodate over a dozen people, and the sturdy landing gear and short take-off distance allowed landing on a meadow or a forest clearing to pick up waiting passengers.
The last aircraft in this row is the PZL M-15 Belphegor, a Polish-Soviet design from the 1970s. It is perhaps the most unusual machine in our collection – a biplane with a turbojet engine, designed for agricultural tasks. 175 units were produced at PZL Mielec and delivered to the Soviet Union, but they did not prove successful in service there.
