New Bristell B23 - SP-ZBB

Skydream the Polish importers of BRM Aero aircraft released a photo showing a brand new BRM Aero Bristell B23 in final assembly at the BRM Aero factory in the Czech Republic registered as SP-ZBB. 

 

 

 Photo via Skydream

 

The Bristell B23 is the type certified version of the Bristell and has a MTOW of 750 kg. Other Bristell B23 aircraft already in Poland include SP-LLI(2), SP-PTZ and SP-WKY

Citation CJ1 - SP-IZU

A recent new biz-jet registration in Poland is SP-IZU - Cessna 525 Citation Jet 1 with S/N 525-0396 - this Citation was built in 2000 and was registered in Poland on 21st February 2023 ( ex EC-MPN ) with Bartolini Air, based at Lodz ( EPLL )

 

On April 27th 2023 Bartolini Air posted the following about Citation SP-IZU - "The third light jet in our commercial fleet - a Cessna Citation Jet 1 (reg. SP-IZU) with a stunning, fully refurbished interior - is airborne in its maiden flight as we speak! At the controls: Bartek Walas himself (Captain and C525 Type Rating Instructor) and Marc Meuleman - a Bartolini Air flight instructor in his first-ever commercial jet flight (beginning his line training as FO). The aircraft is repositioning from Modlin (EPMO) to Hamburg (EDDH) to pick up a passenger and take him to London Luton (EGGW)." 

 

 Photos courtesy Bartolini Air

 

 

 

Fusioncopter JK-3 Juan

The first flight of the new JK-3 Juan took place in late January 2023. This is an ultralight tractor style gyrocopter, in the Polish 115kg category. Tractor gyros ( ie with the engine at the front ) are rare beasts and this design and the name "Juan" is a tribute to the gyrocopter pioneer Juan de la Cierva and his tractor designs of the 1920's. The JK-3 Juan is powered by a Hirth F23 engine ( 50 HP ) and has a 7m rotorblade.

 

 

The JK-3 Juan was test flown with the Fusioncopter factory test registration SP-ZNAN - photo courtesy Fusioncopter  

New airline - Bingo Airways

Bingo Airways is the latest new airline to start up in Poland. Bingo will operate holiday charter flights from Warsaw, Katowice and Poznan to holiday destinations in and around the Mediterranean.

 
The airline has chosen a simple white and red colour scheme with a "smile" under the nose too. The first aircraft for Bingo Airways an Airbus A320 ( c/n 2118 ) was re-painted into the new colour scheme at Bournemouth-Hurn airport in England in April 2012.

This aircraft was built in 2003 and previously operated by Turkish airline Izair as TC-IZA- it will become SP-ABK shortly.


More info on the Bingo Airways website - click here


External Link to photo of the first Bingo Airways aircraft at Hurn in April 2012


Steve

Aero AT-3 news - Spring 2011

The Aero AT-3 light aircraft continues to sell well with almost 60 aircraft built to date  - new customer deliveries for Spring 2011 include AT-3 aircraft for clients in Belgium ( 2 aircraft ), The Netherlands ( 1 aircraft ) and Poland ( 2 aircraft ).

The photo above shows production of the Aero AT-3 at Mielec, Poland


The AT-4 light sport aircraft is also in production with over 30 aircraft built to date and recent deliveries in 2011 includes several examples to South Korea.

Steve

Politechnic Rzeszow receives new Liberty XL-2 trainers

The Politechnic Rzeszow has had a flight training school for the past 30 years known as OKL, and have operatied aircraft such as the PZL 104 Wilga, PZL 110 Koliber, PZL M-20 Mewa and the SOCATA TB-9 Tampico.

As part of its fleet renewal programme the OKL has recently taken delivery of 5 new build Liberty XL-2 single engine trainers. These aircraft were built in the USA and were delivered to Rzeszow in August and September 2010. The tender process included considering the Polish built Aero AT-3 but the XL-2 won in part due to the fact it is certified to fly in IFR conditions. These are the first Liberty aircraft to be registered in Poland.

Photo of Liberty XL-2 SP-TZB Photo courtesy of OKL Rzeszow and copyright of Ryszard Dworak

The aircraft are

SP-TZA(2) c/n 0132 ex N664XL


SP-TZB(2) c/n 0133 ex N665XL

SP-TZC(2) c/n 0134 ex N667XL

SP-TZD(2) c/n 0135 ex N668XL

SP-TZE      c/n 0136 ex N669XL

Note that the OKL previously operated four Wilga 35A in the 1980/90s also registered as SP-TZA - TZD.


LINK to Politechnic Rzeszow - OKL web page with more photos of the Liberty XL-2

http://www.okl.prz.edu.pl/xl2.html


Steve in UK

New Piper Pa-34 Seneca V delivered to Poland - N2310W - SP-TUD

Piper Aircraft delivered a new build Pa-34-220T Seneca V registration N2310W c/n 3449412 to Poland arriving on the 27th September 2010. The aircraft landed at Lodz airport before departing to Warsaw.

The aircraft was built in 2010 and registered as N2310W on 16th September 2010. The aircraft departed Lakeland, Florida, USA on 23rd September to start its journey across the Atlantic.


This aircraft routed through the UK en route from the USA, stopping at Shoreham on the 26th September and then Humberside on 27th September.


The American registration was cancelled by the FAA on the 5th October 2010 with the reason shown as "sold to Poland". The Seneca has been in production since 1971.


External link to Piper Aircraft Pa-34-220T Seneca V web page below

http://www.piper.com/pages/Seneca.cfm

UPDATE 12.10.10 - this new Seneca V arrived with the OKL Politechnic Rzeszow at Rzeszow airport registered as SP-TUD painted in a white and light blue colours scheme, see image below

Photo courtesy of OKL Politechnic Rzeszow and copyright of Ryszard Dworak

More details on the OKL web page

http://www.okl.prz.edu.pl/senecav.html


Steve in UK

New W-3A Sokol delivered to Chile

PZL Swidnik have recently delivered a new build W-3A Sokol helicopter to Chile. The helicopter is c/n 37 09 17 and was registered in Chile as CC-ACJ on 28th September 2010.

The helicopter is operated by CONAF the national forestry organisation  and is the first W-3 Sokol to be sold to South America.

This Sokol was initially test flown at Swidnik as SP-SWV before training as SP-SYS.

Photo Link to CONAF W-3A Sokol as SP-SWV

For photos and video of this new W-3A Sokol in Chile please follow the links below


http://www.modocharlie.com/2010/09/y-llego-el-sokol/


http://www.aviaciontotal.cl/2010/10/video-vuelo-de-certificacion-del-sw-3a-sokol-de-conaf/




Steve in UK

PW-5 Smyks in Argentina

The PW-5 Smyk world class glider is very popular in Argentina - in fact there are more Smyks registered in Argentina than any other country - If you include the two recent examples exported from New Zealand to Argentina a total of 38 Smyks have been registered since 1997.

I'd like to thank Raul Macchi of Argentina for supplying the following two photos of the PW-5 Smyk in Argentina.

LV-EOZ c/n 17.08.002 - this Smyk was built in 1997 and originally exported by PZL Swidnik to New Zealand where it became ZK-GSJ in November 1997 registered to an owner in Queenstwon. In 1999 this Smyk was sold to Argentina with just 30 flight hours where it was registered as LV-EOZ, operating with the Gliding Club Rosario - it is interesting to note that this Smyk still wears the tail code "SJ" from its previous New Zealand registration and appears to lack LV-EOZ.

LV-EOV PW-5 Smyk c/n 17.12.022 - this Smyk was built by PZL Swidnik in 2001although it wasn't registered until August 2003 as ZK-GHK in New Zealand ( hence HK tail code in this photo ). In May 2009 it was cancelled from the aircraft register in New Zealand and sold on to Argentina where it became LV-EOV. This Smyk is flown by Raul Macchi and operates from Gliding Club Bolivar.

If anyone can give me an update on the two most recent Smyks to be imported into Argentina ( during 2010 ) please let me know - these are

Smyk c/n 17.03.004 ex ZK-GWN

Smyk c/n 17.08.016 ex ZK-GES


Steve in UK

Enter Air - New Polish charter airline

A new Polish airline called Enter Air has recently started as a holiday charter airline in Poland.

They have leased 2 used Boeing 737-400 series aircraft from the leasing firm ILFC.

The first aircraft is registered is SP-ENA and is believed to be c/n 26320 - it has been painted in a white and blue colour scheme.

A second aircraft SP-ENB ( believed to be c/n 26299 ) will follow shortly. Both aircraft previously flew with Asiana Airlines of South Korea.

See link below for a photo of SP-ENA in Enter Air colours - with thanks to the Lotnictwo website

http://lotnictwo.net/foto.php?id=143739


Enter Air website


http://www.enterair.pl/



Steve

SP-FYB - Pitts S-2 in the UK - November 2009

The one and only Pitts S-2 Special on the Polish civil aircraft register is currently in the UK. The S-2S aircraft was built by Aviat and arrived in Poland back in 1993. It was seen at Modlin in the 1990s marked as SP-FYB although it was not officially registered until 2006.

It arrived at Booker airfield near High Wycombe in England by road transport in November 2009 for some maintenance.

The external link below shows this aircraft in the ATS hanger at Booker in December 2009 - photo by Clive Glaister.


http://www.pbase.com/denham/image/120037138



UPDATE - This aircraft was registered as G-OSZS in the UK on 23-2-10 to an owner in Gloucestershire

LINK to UK CAA register entry for G-OSZS


Steve

SSH T-131 Jungmann - OE-CTS

In November 2009 Jungmann SP-YTS was registered in Austria as OE-CTS. This T-131PA aircraft was built in Poland in 2000 by SSH Serwis Samolotow Historycznych as c/n 109 and was first registered as SP-KTS, before becoming SP-YTS in 2002.


External LINK to photo of T-131 PA Jungmann SP-YTS

http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1057925/


The Jungmann built by SSH follow original plans used by the Tatra aircraft company in Czechoslovakia whilst building Bu 131 Jungmann under licence from Bucker.

There are now many SSH Polish built Jungmann registered in Austria including

OE-VCD, OE-ABJ, OE-AMG, OE-APY, OE-ARP, OE-AHA, OE-ATB, OE-AHS, OE-AKD, OE-AFS, OE-CGH, OE-ACS, OE-AWG, OE-ALF, OE-ARM and OE-CTS.

Not all of these fly in Austria - some of these actually operate from home airfields in Holland, Germany and Italy.



Please see LINK below to the SSH / Service of Historical Aircraft website


http://www.planeclassic.com/index.php?action=m1




Steve