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PANSA plane to perform inspection and measurement flights in Lithuania

An aircraft from the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) will carry out inspection and measurement flights for three years in Lithuania after the agency won a tender, PANSA has announced.

100 years after disappearing, remains of Zeppelin aircraft ‘laden with gold’ found at crash site in Silesia

The Zeppelin Staaken took off from Breslau on On 4 August 1919, but never arrived at its destination of Kamieniec Podolski in Ukraine. Now researchers say they have found it in a forest near Raciborz, southwest Poland.

Rare ‘Caterpillar Club’ pin awarded to Spitfire Ace who helped pioneer The Great Escape up for auction

The 19mm-long, nine-carat gold Caterpillar Club Irvin pin, with red amethyst eyes was awarded to Captain Stanisław Król before he was executed by the Gestapo.

Polish medical supplies on route to Azerbaijan

A military aircraft carrying PLN 90,000 (EUR 22,230) worth of protective medical supplies to help Azerbaijan in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic took off from Wroclaw airport in western Poland on Thursday, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Road workers dig up remnants of downed WWII Soviet aircraft

The parts belong to an Ilyushin Il-2, a ground-attack aircraft that was one of the mainstays of the Soviet Air Force.

Kraków Airport seals apron expansion deal

Kraków Airport in southern Poland has signed a contract for the expansion of its apron. The nearly PLN 134 million (EUR 29.4 million) project will add 15 new slots for code C aircraft.

World's biggest aircraft to bring tonnes of protective gear to Poland

The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's biggest airplane, will bring to Poland 400 tonnes of protective equipment purchased by the country's copper conglomerate KGHM and fuel firm Lotos, KGHM said in a news release on Tuesday.

Poland’s most outstanding WWII flying ace sentenced to death by Stalinist kangaroo court 70 years ago today

Dubbed ‘Flying Death’ by the Germans, Stanisław Skalski saw action in Poland following the outbreak of war, later becoming the first Pole to command an RAF squadron. Miraculously avoiding death twice, after the war it seemed his luck had run out when he was arrested by the secret police on trumped up charges of espionage, tortured for over a year and then sentenced to be executed. But again, he survived.

Kraków students build solar powered airplane

Students from Kraków's AGH University of Science and Technology have become the first students in Poland to build a solar powered aircraft. Its maiden flight took place on Wednesday at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków.

President opens Polish Business & Innovation Week in Nevada

US-visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda opened the Polish Business and Innovation Week in the state of Nevada on Saturday. The event is intended as a cooperation platform between US and Polish enterprise, among others in aircraft and space technology.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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