1507 - New C-130E Hercules arrives in Poland

The Polish Air Force recently took delivery of another C-130E Hercules - this example has Polish serial 1507. The Hercules passed through RAF Mildenhall in the UK at the end of September 2010 in USAF colours as serial 21856 callsign REACH 104 - it arrived at Powidz air base in Poland on 1st October 2010 and was re-painted with Polish Air Force roundels and new serial 1507.

1507 arrived at Krakow, Poland on 24th October 2010 for a few days of para dropping - this Hercules was built by Lockheed with c/n 3820 was operated with the USAF as 62-1856 for almost 48 years  - the final USAF unit to fly this veteran Herc was the 61 Airlift Squadron ( 61 AS ) as Little Rock, Arkansas.

1507  - photo courtesy Polish Air Force website - http://www.sp.mil.pl/

The Polish Air Force purchased five re-conditioned 1970 vintage C-130E Hercules to be numbered 1501 - 1505 - the overhaul process has taken longer than expected and only 1501 and 1502 have so far arrived -  so the USAF loaned an additional aircraft to Poland in November 2009 as serial 1506. Unfortunately 1506 was badly damaged when it clipped the side of a mountain in Afghanistan in February 2010 just 3 months after delivery.

The recently arrived 1507 fills the gap.

Photo Link below to C-130E Hercules 1507 at Krakow on 24.10.10

http://iv.pl/images/48890206441424548769.jpg

SP-YNZ - SBLim-2 - Mig 15 UTI flies again in Poland

On 26.5.2010 after many years of restoration "006" SBLim-2 ( two seater Mig 15bis ) took to the air again on its first flight post re-build.

"006" c/n 1A-06006 is now registered as SP-YNZ and took to the skies at Deblin air force base. This aircraft was once preserved as a display exhibit at the aircraft museum at Lodz. It arrived at Goraszka for re-build to flying standard by 2001. In May 2006 the aircraft was undergoing engine trials.

Congratulations to the restoration team - it's great to see this aircraft flying once again.

See photo link below for action shots of SP-YNZ at Deblin 26.5.2010

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss14/7d_samples/EPDE/2010_05_26/


See video link below of it flying at Deblin, Poland on 26.5.2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVUM7h2pTy8


See another video link below of it flying at Deblin, Poland on 26.5.2010

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XlZU6MWf9n0


Steve

Su-22 9513 - nose section for sale

The cockpit nose section of former Polish Air Force PWL Su-22 M4 serial 9513 c/n 29513 is currently listed for sale on the WWW.

This Sukhoi was built in 1985 and had seen service based at Pila and later Powidz.

For more details see LINK below


http://moto.allegro.pl/item843005568_kokpit_samolotu_su_22.html#gallery



Steve