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Poland Krakow & Radom Show 27 Aug - 1 Sep Eddie Douglas
A short trip to Poland was put together for late August to take in the Krakow Aviation museum, the Radom Airshow and a flying visit to Warsaw for a tourist look round. The Ryanair B 737 flight out of Edinburgh on Thursday 27 August in EI-DYX was uneventful and found the only aircraft of note on the Krakow ramp to be a Saab 340 of Sky Express SP-KPE. The hire car was quickly picked up at the airport, the many bumps and chips were identified by torchlight and added to the checkout logsheet and we headed off into the city. The following day dawned misty but this soon started to lift as we navigated to the Polish Air Museum at Rakowice in the city suburbs, not difficult to find but the turnoff the main carriageway was poorly signposted and easily missed. The excellent collection of aircraft, gliders and helicopters are located in one large hanger, five smaller ones and in the open around what remains of the airfield that is now in part surrounded by developments. A larger new museum building is under construction and when complete will probably result in an increase in the current entry fee of about £1.50 ! I have a full list if anyone wants a copy. Many unusual types were from the Polish manufacturers PZL and WSK and the lineup of Migs was outstanding. The modern Migs and Lims are parked in a V arrangement below an embankment on the perimeter of the museum and this gives a great elevated position for photography. Early morning or late afternoon are best for the light, otherwise it is into the sun. Some really rare vintage aircraft were on show but a real surprise was the engineless ME 209 fuselage in the corner of a brick hanger. This aircraft as the Me109R took the air speed record around 1939 and was only broken by a modified Bearcat in 1969. The areas behind the hangers held other semi derelict airframes that could not be accessed on the day. We had bumped into an Ian Allen trip at the museum who were also heading up the E7 toward Warsaw and hoped to do some Friday arrivals at Radom – some hope as it took 90 minutes to get out of the city and the traffic lights, pedestrian crossings and roadworks on a major road were some fun. Our veteran trip headed for their hotel and some rest, grub and grog. At Radom on Saturday 29th the static had a good selection of types from Poland and neighbouring countries but was poorly lit with thundershowers forecast. Luckily the heavier of these held off until about 1300 but the flying had to be cancelled and we got drenched. The list below is for the Sunday also. Polish Internationl Airshow Radom – Sadow 29-30.08.09 Static PZL SW4 Polish AF 6610 Mi2 Hoplite 5338 Mi24 Czech AF 7354 M28 Bryza Polish Navy 0810 Mi2 Polish AF 7332 Mi17 Polish AF 607 PZL W3WA Polish AF 0904 PZL W3R Polish AF 0419 Mi8 Polish AF 619 Orlik Polish AF 052 Su22UM Polish AF all black 305 F16 Polish AF 4072 Mig27 Polish AF 105 Iskra Polish AF 1413 Hawk Finish AF HW-352 A10 USAF 81-992/SP A10 USAF 81-960/SP Su24MK Belarus AF 42 Gripen Czech AF 9820 Tornado German AF 43+10 Typhoon RAF ZJ939/DXI Typhoon RAF ZJ926/QOY Hawk RAF XX184/CQ F16 KLu J-688 Gripen Hungarian AF 42 Mirage 2000 Greek AF 508 L159 Czech AF 6072 C17 USAF March 05-5140 C130H Belgian AF CH-13 PZL11 Polish AF (only one) 8.63/2 An26 Hungarian AF 603 CN235 Spanish AF T21-11/35-49 Mi8 Polish AF 0808 CN235 Finish AF 035/CC-1 AH64 Klu Q-19 S70 Austrian AF 6M-BB Bryza Polish Border Guard SN-60YG IL76 Belarus AF EW0050E A26 Czech AF 2507 EM11c ORKA SP-MIM Tiger Moth T7230 Sonex Homebuid SP-YWL Wilga SP-NWA Embraer 175 LOT SP-LIB RWD5R SP-LOT Skyleader 500 SP-SKYL Let410 SP-TPA Veri Easy SP-YXY Flightlines/Flying Gripen Hungarian AF 38 Alpha Jet French AF /314-AB Alpha Jet French AF /705-RW F18 Spanish AF C15-45/12-03 F18 Spanish AF C15-48/12-06 L159 Czech AF 6049 L159 Czech AF 6053 Su27 Belarus AF 63 Rafale French AF 103/13-HR Rafale French AF 102/330-EF Mi35 Czech AF 3367 Mi35 Czech AF 3371 Mi24 Polish AF 271 SW4 6606, 6614 Bryza SP-DDA Yak40 042 SP-YSL W3WARM Rescue 0815 Let 410 Czech AF 2602 Jet Ranger Police SN-16XP C130E Polish Air Force 1501 Iskra SP-YIR F16 Belgian AF FA116, +1 EM11c ORKA SP-MEO Display Team 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10, Hawk Display Team Finish AF 06, 26, 27, 34, 47 Mig 29 Polish Air Force 114, +1 F16 KLu J-646, J-015 Hawks Red Arrows 10 aircraft Hardship Red Display SP-AUA, AUC, AUD, AUP Orlik Display Team (from) TC-1 025, 046, 045, 050, 035, 024, 022, 020, 044, 026, TC-2 037,047 Aero 80 SP-ICY Aero 80 SP-TPG Aero 80 SP-TPC Piper Cub SP-AFY SP-APW Curtis JN2 SP-SHUF Seneca SP-ALM Trener 02 SP-YBS RWD5R SP-LOT PZL Milec SP-DIF Stored Aircraft Mi2 Polish AF 4713, 5831, 3607, 6046 Orlik Polish AF 012, 018, 038, 043, 049 In the flying display a Polish AF transport formation of 2 Bryzas, 0211,0215 a C130E 1501 and 2 unidentified CN 235s made a single pass before a fighter formation flypast of 4 Su22, 3 F16 and 3 MIG29. The planned “dogfight” between two F16 and Mig19 did not take place. The day was marred by the crash of the Belarus Su27 during its display routine when it failed to pull out a decent from a high manouver and exploded behind some trees, about 1 mile from the airfield. There appeared to be time for an ejection but no chutes were seen and the flying display was cancelled as a mark of respect for the sad loss of the two crew. A worryingly similar Su27 crash in the Ukraine in 2002 killed 84 people on the airfield. After a quick visit to Warsaw on the Monday it was back down the E7 to Krakow on Tuesday for the flight home and our early arrival allowed a bit of time on the observation deck where photo chances are good. Krakow-Belice 01.09.09 ATR42 Eurolot SP-EDA EMB170 LOT SP-LDF B200 SP-IKY Malibu SP-CLS Navajo SP-OOI Diamond SP-TRL Avanti SP-MXI A320 Air Cairo SU-BPW B737 Norweg LN-KKT Citation HB-VWE Gulf 5 G-TFKR HS146 Euro wings D-AQUA B737-8000 Ryanair EI-DLG, DCH, DLG A320 Aer Lingus EI-CVB We found the Polish people were friendly and helpful, in the countryside and city, and the cost of eating out and hotels was lower than the UK. Our survival tips for the main roads are to allow 2 hours extra getting into the cities at the peak hours and to watch out for overtakers going like Polish Battle of Britain pilots out to get the enemy. On the minor roads watch out for potholes like tank traps and cows on a lead.
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