2nd Polish-Brazilian Conference on Science and Technology
The 2nd Polish-Brazilian Conference on Science and Technology was held on 7-8 September 2016 at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw. This joint initiative of the Institute of Aviation and the University of Brasilia is a platform for contacts and exchanges between scientists from the aviation, space and energy sectors, as well as representatives of […]
35th Trustees Board Meeting of CEAS Council of European Aerospace Societies
On the 6th of September 2016, the Institute of Aviation hosted the 35th Trustees Board Meeting of CEAS – Council of European Aerospace Societies. The members of the Board held a one-day meeting and some of them stayed in Warsaw to participate and deliver speeches on the first day of the 2nd Polish-Brazilian Conference on […]
EREA Future Sky Board Meeting
On the 7th September 2016, the Institute of Aviation was a venue for the Board Meeting of the EREA Future Sky programme. The programme is a joint research initiative of research institutes belonging to EREA. The aim of the programme is to ensure technological development to the benefit of European society and industry. Future Sky’s […]
Information on TBO
The President of the Civil Aviation Authority has signed the “Guidelines no 9 on the time between overhaul for piston-based engines”. The Institute of Aviation undertook the task of developing the information for piston engines operations according to the technical state. The results of these studies may complement and develop the guidelines. The presentation and […]
The Institute of Aviation at the MSPO in Kielce
Come and visit the Institute of Aviation expo stand at the 24th International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO in Kielce. The fair is going to start on the 6th of September 2016 and it will last four days. This year’s exhibition brings together 609 companies from 30 countries. The programme of the fair includes only business […]
3rd Institute of Aviation Run – registration has just started!
On 9th October 2016 the runners will meet again on the route along picturesque alleys of the Institute of Aviation. This year they will be competing in the Main Run at the distance of 5 km and, what is new in this edition, in a relay race. The youngest competitors will test their strength in […]
The Institute of Aviation is a recognized employer for workers over 50
The Institute of Aviation was distinguished in the report „Dobre praktyki w zarządzaniu wiekiem i zasobami ludzkimi ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pracowników 50+” („Good practice in age management and human resources with particular emphasis on workers over 50”) prepared by Instytut Badań nad Demokracją i Przedsiębiorstwem Prywatnym (Foundation “Research Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy”) and […]
Gas turbine transportation
The long-awaited 7E gas turbine simulator reached the Gas Turbine Center at the Institute of Aviation. The turbine simulator will be used for instrumentation tests and turbine servicing, thanks to which, besides performing inspections, training for assembly and disassembly of particular turbine components will also be possible. The newly arrived turbine is one of the […]
DART workshops
In mid-September 2016 the DART project workshops are planned, whose aim will be to discuss the concept of small aircraft transport with its potential users. Therefore, we ask all interested to complete a survey that would allow us to assess the legitimacy of the system concept. Surveys should be sent by e-mail: wojciech.miksa@ilot.edu.pl until 10 September […]
11th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosion
On 24-29 July 2016 in Dalian in China the eleventh International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosion (ISHPMIE) was organized. The symposium is a continuation of the six International Colloquium on Dust Explosions organized by professor Piotr Wolański in the years 1984-1993 in Poland and the seventh organized in 1994 in China. […]
2016 International Workshop on Detonation for Propulsion
On 12-15 July 2016 in Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore the International Workshop on Detonation for Proulsion (2016 IWDP) was held. It was the fifth workshop concentrated on this issue. The previous ones were organized in 2011 (two of them) in Bourges and Pusan, 2012 in Tsukuba, 2013 in Tainan, 2014 in Warsaw (at […]
Fourth group of OSU students: the closing seminary
The seminary closing the three month internship of four Ohio State University students at the Institute of Aviation was held on September 2, 2016. Students Jesse Marquisee, Luke Burgett, Jacob Cantin and Dmitriy Dorfman presented the projects they participated in and their achievements. This is the fourth group of Ohio State Students to intern at […]
90 years of the Institute of Aviation
The Institute of Aviation Technical Research – the today’s Institute of Aviation was created in 1st August 1926. The history of the Institute of Aviation stretches back to the re-establishment of Poland’s national sovereignty. In December 1918, Polish authorities created the Department of Science and Technology at the Air Navigation Section of the Ministry of […]
HESOFF project: site visit
On 26th July 2016, Life+ programme representative Anna Clintock and HESOFF supervisor Zbigniew Karaczun visited oak stands in Płyta Krotoszyńska where our QUERCUS Multispectral Platform takes aerial photographs. The Institute of Aviation was represented by: Sylwia Nasiłowska, PhD, Mariusz Kacprzak and Karol Rotchimmel. The Forest Research Institute was represented by professor Tomasz Oszako. The project […]
Magdalena Nizik to leave the position of the chairman of the board at General Electric Company Poland
After 13 years of service, Magdalena Nizik, the chairman of the board at General Electric Company Poland bids farewell with one of the largest companies in technology industry in Poland. The next challenge undertaken by the outgoing chairman will be to manage the new company involved in the precision casting. Magdalena Nizik will be replaced […]
Polish Wind Tunnels Cluster
On the 21st of July 2016, the Warsaw University of Technology, the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and the Institute of Aviation have signed a framework agreement on long-term cooperation within an established Cluster under the name of the Polish Wind Tunnels (Polskie Tunele Aerodynamiczne). Main objective of the Cluster is to associate the […]
DART – Direct Air Transport
Project scope includes legal challenges, using GNSS approach procedures and remote Aerodrome Information Service (rAFIS) as well as market analysis and business plan development. The DART project (Direct AiR Transport) assumes using Polish Aero Club resources: aircraft, pilots, airfields, which means that barrier of entry resulting from investment cost is significantly smaller. Institute of Aviation […]
The measurement of spectral signatures of oaks infected with Phytophthora pathogen
The Spectral Signatures Laboratory located at the Remote Sensing Department in the Institute of Aviation collected and analyzed the spectral signatures (Quercus robur) of oaks infected with pathogens of the Phytophthora genus. In the wild, these pathogens are attacking plant roots preventing from uptaking water and therefore are one of the causes of dieback of […]
Farewell of the INSA Centre Val de Loire students
On 12 July 2016 the internship of French students from the INSA Centre Val de Loire was finished. The internship was realized in the Division of Transport and Energy Conversion in the Department of Transport. Anisse Saimi and Quentin Weiler were under the care of Paweł Skalski, PhD Eng. The students realized major works related […]
More Affordable Small Aircraft Manufacturing – research project inauguration
On 1 July, 2016 the kick-off meeting of the SAT-AM research project (More Affordable Small Aircraft Manufacturing) took place in the Polish Aviation Factory in Mielec. SAT-AM is a research project funded by the European Commission under the CLEAN SKY 2 initiative. The total project budget is EUR 9 million, with funding from the European […]
The new air-cooled aviation piston engines test-cell
On 30 June 2016 the air-cooled aviation piston engines test-cell was opened at the Aircraft Propulsion Department of the Institute of Aviation. The ceremony began with the symbolic gesture – starting the engine in the presence of the invited guests and employees of the Institute. The test-cell is designed to test engines up to 200kW. It […]
LIFE HESOFF and LIFEGENMON Project Networking
Representatives of the LIFE HESOFF (Evaluation of the health state of forests and an effect of phosphite treatments with the use of photovoltaic SLE UAV) project, Sylvia Nasilowska and Anna Mazur from the Remote Sensing Division of the Polish Institute of Aviation and Center of Space Technologies visited the Slovenian Forestry Institute and the LIFEGENMON […]
The victory at the Model Gliders Polish Championships
On 11-12 June 2016 at the airport in Koczargi, the Polish Championships of remotely-controlled, hand-ejected, model gliders (F3K class) were held. The winner was Michał Sokołowski, an employee of the Composite Technology Center (Institute of Aviation), who himself has made a masterful model for the competition. A competition of R/C model gliders, hand-ejected (F3K) is […]
The official completion of the ESPOSA project
The wrap-up conference for the ESPOSA research project (Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft) was held on 31 May-2 June 2016 at the Institute of Aviation. After five years of research, the involvement of nearly 100 experts and the budget of 38 milion euro, the aviation industry is significantly closer to building a system […]
Czesław Skoczylas (1929-2016)
It is with deepest regret that we inform of the death of Czesław Skoczylas, a former deputy director of the Institute of Aviation. The funeral service will be held on Thursday (June 9th, 2016) at 12:30 in Warsaw, Cmentarz Północny in hall B.
The Institute of Aviation Gala Jubilee
On 20th May 2016 at Fabryka Trzciny in Warsaw an exhibition and presentation of the Institute of Aviation achievements on the occasion of the 90th anniversary connected with the Gala and Jubilee Ball was held. The current and former employees, as well as the invited guests from Poland and abroad, participated in the event. An […]
Professor Piotr Wolański guest lectures in Japan
On 26th May – 2nd June 2016 professor Piotr Wolański visited Sophia University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo University and Nagoya University in Japan where he gave a series of lectures on the development of autorotating engines, RDE and rocket propulsion systems which use green propellants based on the technology of obtaining hydrogen peroxide 98% HTP-class […]
„Air mail of the Institute of Aviation” – the exhibition opening
On 2nd June 2016 at Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw the ceremonial opening of an exhibition of 38 distinguished art works of children from all over Poland was held. The event was accompanied by a mini-jazz concert by Grand Slam Quartet and a visit of a pre-war postman who, especially on this occasion, distributed air postcards […]
Nomination to the management board of POLSKIE FORUM ISO 9000
Edyta Słupecka, the quality manager and quality representative for accredited laboratories at the Institute of Aviation, was elected by the general assembly of club members of POLSKIE FORUM ISO 9000 to the management board of this club. Edyta Słupecka’s role on the board is to contribute to the development of the club, promoting the implementation […]
MTS Seminar
On 24 May 2016 the Institute of Aviation hosted a seminar exploring the technologies and methods required for conducting world-class mechanical testing of aerospace materials, components and full-scale structures. The event was organised by the Materials and Structures Research Centre of the Institute of Aviation and ELHYS, an official representative of MTS in Poland. The […]
Book premieres at Warsaw Book Fair
A guide, an album with unique drawings of the young pilot from the Second World War, and another part of a popular book on the history of painting and marking of aircraft and helicopters with the sign of red and white chessboard – these and other books were presented at the stand of the Publishing […]
EREA Board meeting
On 19-20th May 2016, the Institute of Aviation became the venue for the 34th EREA Board and General Assembly. EREA (Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics), is a non-profit organization, associating European national research institutes from the field of aeronautics. Institute of Aviation is also a member of this organization. The meeting was focused […]
Polish-American PhD studies program at the Institute of Aviation
The Institute of Aviation and the Ohio State University have signed an agreement on dual PhD degree program. The offer will benefit researchers of both institutions, who wish to gain research and professional experience outside their home unit. The new program aims to deepen scientific cooperation between the two institutions, which for years have worked […]
16th Polish-American Conference on Science and Technology
The 16th edition of the Polish-American Conference on Science and Technology was held on 16-17 May 2016 at the Institute of Aviation. The event was teeming with presentations related not only to aviation, but it was also an opportunity for discussion and sharing experiences. The organizers of the conference were the Institute of Aviation and […]
10th Academic and Scientific Book Fair ACADEMIA 2016
From 19th till 22nd of May 2016 the Academic and Scientific Book Fair will be held. The event will accompany the Warsaw Book Fair at the PGE Narodowy stadium. We invite you to visit the stand of the Publishing Houses of the Institute of Aviation (71/BC, ACADEMIA). During the fair a 20% discount on our […]
Grzegorz Szymanowski has died
It is with deepest regret that we inform of the death of Grzegorz Szymanowski. The funeral service will be held on Friday (May 20th) at 10:30 in Żyrardów, Church of Matki Boskiej Pocieszenia, Narutowicza 30 Street. Grzegorz Szymanowski (1945-2016) was a specialist in industrial engines. He received a Master’s Degree in Engineering at the Warsaw […]
Aviation walk around Warsaw
A three-volume, richly illustrated guide showing the most interesting historical places associated with aviation in Warsaw is the latest book of the Publishing Houses of the Institute of Aviation. The official premiere of the guide will be held on May 21st, 2016 at 2 p.m. during the 10th Academic and Scientific Book Fair ACADEMIA at […]
Sketches made before the start. Drawings by Jan Sęk
Striking drawings drawn from deep recesses of memory, fleeting, slim memories, the story of a young man fascinated with aviation…And death, which put an abrupt stop to these dreams. The Publishing Houses of the Institute of Aviation have just released an unique album with the drawings by Jan Sęk created in 1938-1943. The publication was […]
„Aviation Postal” competition results
809 art works from around the country were sent in for the art competition organized jointly by the Institute of Aviation and the Polish Post. Three winning entries will be published in the form of postcards and will take part in the post-competition exhibition at Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw from 1st till 20th of June […]
Honorable Mention for Wojciech Potkański
On 25th April 2016, councilors of the regional council of Podkarpackie Province resolved to give Wojciech Potkański, PhD Eng. the badge of honor “Merited for Podkarpackie Province”. In the years 1971-1995 Wojciech Potkański was an employee of OBR, then in WSK Mielec where he was responsible for the aerodynamics, strength and flutter analysis of aircraft […]