SP-EMJ a brand new Challenger 3500 ( s/n 21076 ) departed from Montreal Dorval, Canada on 26th August on delivery en route to Poland via Keflavik Iceland - it departed Keflavik on 27th August en route to Warsaw Modlin airport, Poland.
Bombardier aircraft are based at Montreal Dorval.
26th July 2025 - Skydream of Poland published a new social media post showing a brand new BRM Aero Bristell LSA 916iS at the Bristell factory in Kunovice, Czechia, ready for delivery soon to Poland. The aircraft has the ultralight ( ultralekkie ) registration SP-BIAL and appears to be s/n 807.
Photo from Skydream shows SP-BIAL in an attractive red/white colour scheme
Summer 2025 - A recent new registration in June 2025 is SP-LKD a Socata TB-21 GT Trinidad, this is SP-LKD(3) previously OK-ABL with s/n 2197.
The original SP-LKD was Li-2P s/n 23441501 registered in 1952 with rejestracja #462 and used by LOT until cancelled in 1966.
LOT re-used the SP-LK_ registration range for their fleet of Boeing 737-55D in the 1990's - SP-LKD(2) being 737-55D s/n 27419 with rejestracja #3116 registered on 17th December 1992 - cancelled on 19th December 2011
Wilga SP-ECA s/n 62154 was built at PZL Okecie in Warsaw in 1972 and officially registerd on the 31st August 1972 as rejestracja #1382. It was one of many Wilga 35A aircraft delivered to the state run Polish Aeroklub ( AK ). The photo was taken at Inowroclaw airfield ( EPIN Inowroclaw-Kujawsko ) in August 1997 and shows SP-ECA without an engine.
The registration was cancelled in February 2004 and SP-ECA sat withdrawn from use at Inowroclaw until the aircraft was sold on to Lithuania becoming LY-XCN.
February 2025 - JB Aviation announced the recent delivery of a new build Piper Pa-46-350P M350. The M350 was delivered via Wroclaw ( from Prague ) on 28th Feb 2025 in a silver/blue colour scheme as SP-WAC(4) - s/n 4636856 ( ex N856SP )
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This registration was previously been used as SP-WAC(1) Gawron 1967-1969, SP-WAC(2) Wilga 1983-1983 and SP-WAC(3) Turbo Kruk 1990-1995.
The Polish national archive has a huge online collection of historic images and among them are some photos of aircraft. Pleased to see the image below of RWD 13 SP-MSZ taken in 1948. This aircraft has a lot of history - prior to WW2 it was registered as SP-BMY with s/n 231 operating as an air ambulance. During the war it escaped to Romania and is believed to have used YR-INT and serial "2", it was also fitted with a tail wheel ( originally had a tail skid ) and the engine was replaced with a DH Gipsy Major I.
It returned to Poland in 1947 and became SP-MSZ on 31st October 1947 ( Rejestracja #212 ) operated by the Foreign Ministry ( M.S. Zagran ie "MSZ" ) and was based at Warsaw Goclaw airfield. In 1951 the aircraft was used by defectors to flee to Sweden before it was returned to Poland.
Skydream the Polish agent for BRM aircraft have published a photo of a new Bristell 916iS under construction at the BRM factory - the aircraft is painted in an attractive red/silver colour scheme with the ultralight registration SP-ADEX - it appears to be s/n 787
February 2025 - Plane4You report two recent export sales of SP registered aircraft - SP-FRL PZL 110 Koliber 150 a long time resident at Warsaw-Bemowo ( EPBC ) was sold in Feb 2025 to Germany. This early Koliber s/n 19003 was built in 1979 at PZL Okecie ( Warsaw ) as a Koliber 100 and originally registered as SP-ZKA in September 1979 and later re-registered as SP-FRL in February 1988. It was upgraded to a Koliber 150 in 1994.
Photo below shows this Koliber as SP-ZKA in 1985 - photo via Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Also moving on in February 2025 is Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP-VEL - this was built in 2000 with s/n 172S8510 and originally delivered a N583SP. It was sold on to Poland becoming SP-KDI in April 2005 and later re-registered in 2022 as SP-VEL. In Feb 25 the aircraft was dismantled for shipping back to the USA.
Gray Light Aviation of France have posted images of a brand new Ekolot KR-030 SW Topaz from the Ekolot factory at Krosno in Poland.
Photo courtesy Gray Light Aviation
The aircraft is finished in a white/blue colour scheme and shows the underwing Dept registration 89-XT and radio callsign F-JLBL in the cockpit.
The aircraft is likely to be from production batch 030-13.... or 030-14....
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
The Polish National Digital Archive has a vast library of historic items covering a wide range of subject matter and among them are some photos of Polish aircraft.
This photo shows LOT Antonov An-24 SP-LTU, the photo is dated 1975-1980 and taken at Warsaw Okecie airport. This An-24 was registered on 1st October 1974 by the GILC as aircraft #1914. It was built in 1970 and initially delivered to the Polish Air Force with serial 015 prior to becoming SP-LTU with LOT. It was named "Drawa" ( a Polish river ). LOT received their first An-24 ( SP-LTA ) in 1966.
SP-LTU was destroyed in an accident on 26th March 1981 at Redzikowo near Slupsk.
PZL 110 Koliber 150 registration G-BVAI has just returned to Poland after a ferry flight by Plane4You from its home base in Ireland.
This Koliber is S/N 03900040 ( ie Koliber #40 ) and was built at the PZL factory at Okecie in Warsaw and had its first flight on 29th June 1990. The aircraft was delivered new to a customer in Denmark as OY-CYJ in August 1990. In July 1993 this Koliber was imported into the UK taking up the registration G-BVAI and since then has had ten registered owners in the UK. By August 2018 it had flown 1,004 flight hours.
The aircraft is now with the Aeroklub at Swidnik having departed its home base of Birr, Ireland and routing via Waterford Ireland, Bristol UK, Biggin Hill UK, Antwerp Belgium, Kassel Germany, Berlin Schönhagen, Leszno Poland, Warsaw-Bemowo Poland and finally to Swidnik. G-BVAI was cancelled by the UK CAA on 20th October 2021.
The aircraft was registered in Poland on 30th May 2022 as SP-ASW(3).
Note that SP-ASW(1) was a CSS-13 biplane from 1954 to 1965 - SP-ASW(2) was a Mil Mi-2 from 1998 to 2011.
SkyTaxi a Polish cargo airline recently added a third 767 to their fleet SP-MRG - this is their first freighter version of the longer 767-300, joining two shorter 767-200 freighters SP-MRE and SP-MRF.
SP-MRG was registered in Poland on 27th September 2023 - the aircraft was built in 1992 with Boeing S/N 26388 and was originally delivered new to Air Europe Italy as S7-AAV. The new freighter wears a white and blue colour scheme with the SkyTaxi "Iguana" logo on the tail. The SkyTaxi fleet is home based at Ostrava airport in the Czech Republic.
Photo via SkyTaxi
More info about SkyTaxi on this weblink
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
G-OPYO Pioneer 300 Hawk was cancelled from the UK aircraft register on 6th March 2023 as sold to Poland. This aircraft was built in 2009 with PFA ( LAA ) serial PFA 330A-14597 - by July 2021 it had flown over 505 flight hours. This aircraft had an accident in November 2021 when it ran out of fuel and had to make a forced landing into a field. The Pioneer will likely join the Polish Ultralight ( Ultralekkie ) register shortly.
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
The Argon GTL is an enlongated development of the well known Xenon family of gyrocopters offering a lot of luggage space and an extended range for the pilot who wants to tour by gyrocopter. The Argon GTL is powered by a Rotax 915iS engine and is built by Manufaktura Lotnicza at Sobienie airfield ( EPSJ ) south east of Warsaw.
The first GTL ( orange ) was registered as SP-XOZE in December 2021 with the second example ( dark green and gold ) becoming SP-XSON in April 2022. A blue and silver GTL was shipped to the USA in December 2022.
Web Link for more information about the Argon GTL
Brand new Learjet 75 Liberty SP-MXR arrived in Warsaw on 16th December 2021 for the "LPR" state medical air ambulance service. The aircraft routed in via Wick, Scotland.
photo via LPR
This aircraft has been fitted with seven medical systems and can carry two patients at high speed across Poland - the LPR have two examples on order. The LPR operates a large fleet of EC135 helicopters and two Avanti fixed wing aircraft.
Aeroprakt Manufacturing of Poland delivered another new A-22LS Foxbat ( MTOW 600KG ) in June 2021 - painted black and gold the aircraft is registered as SP-SENO, see photo below.
On 25th May 2021 brand new Pilatus PC-12 NGX HB-FSG c/n 2084 was delivered from the Pilatus factory at Stans, Switzerland to Wroclaw, Poland.
The aircraft is painted in an attractive blue and silver colour scheme and will soon be registered as SP-NCC(2) - photo with thanks to JB Aviation.
The following PC-12 aircraft have been registered in Poland over the years - SP-ARC, SP-CIZ, SP-CMR, SP-EMA, SP-KKB, SP-KKW, SP-MBW, SP-MIX, SP-MIY, SP-MKM, SP-NAP, SP-NCL twice, SP-NPC, SP-NUT, SP-NWM, SP-ORT, SP-PPP, SP-SAB, SP-THC, SP-WBW and SP-ZIW
