The RWD-8 was a Polish training plane with a mixed structure, in the high wing (so-called umbrella) system, with a classic, fixed undercarriage. The drive in the basic version was provided by a single engine PZIn¿ Junior with a power of 120 HP. The prototype flight took place in 1933. Serial production continued in the years 1934-1939, ending with the production of about 550 aircraft of this type. The machine had no fixed armament.
Originally, the RWD-8 was developed for a competition announced by the Air and Gas Defense League for a new initial training aircraft. Initial work on the RWD-8 at the Experimental Aviation Workshop in Warsaw was carried out by engineer Stanis³aw Wigura, and the first prototype was ready in 1933. He definitely won the competition, proving to be a very easy-to-pilot machine, ensuring a lot of flight safety, good working comfort for the student and instructor, as well as being relatively cheap. The Polish army very quickly became interested in the project, which in 1934 placed an order for these planes, which - in the version for the army - were produced at the PWS plant in Bia³a Podlaska. RWD-8 aircraft in the civilian version served in numerous flying clubs throughout the country. However, in the military version, they were intended for the initial training of pilots. They were used by aviation schools in Dêblin, Bydgoszcz and Krosno. During the September campaign, the RWD-8 also served as liaison machines. After September 1939, the RWD-8 planes were delivered to Romania, Finland and Hungary.
The Mikojan-Guriewicz MIG-15 is a Soviet, single-engine, wide-slant, full-metal jet fighter known by the NATO term Fagot or Midget. The flight of the prototype took place in December 1947, and the entry into the line in 1949. In total, in the USSR and under license (including Poland, as the Lim-1 and Lim-2), over 18,000 machines of all varieties and versions of the MIG-15 were created. lack of a proper engine. Only after copying the British Rolls-Royce Nene Mk.I and using it in the new airframe, it was possible to fly the future MIG 15. The basic versions are the MIG-15P (all-weather fighter), MIG-15UTI (training machine , two-seater), MIG-15SB (fighter-bomber) and MIG-15bis (fighter with the new WK-1 engine). The MIG-15 became a legendary aircraft during the Korean War (1950-1953), where it outclassed Western fighter machines until the arrival of the F-86 Saber. MIG-15 also took part in min. the Middle East conflicts (1966-1967) or the Suez crisis (1956). Technical data (MIG-15bis version): length: 10.1m, wingspan: 10.1m, height: 3.7m, maximum speed: 1075km / h, rate of climb: 50m / s, maximum range: 1310km, maximum ceiling 15500m armament: fixed - 2 NR-23 cannons, caliber 23 mm and 1 Nudelman N-37 cannon, caliber 37 mm, suspended - 200 kg of cargo.