Cracow is rich in many military installations known as forts, and many of them are true pearls of military engineering. Let us take you for one of the kind Cracow military tour! You will have a chance to take an off-road ride, see a great collection of the Polish Aviation Museum and take part in shooting instructions at Pasternik Fort!
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Military Tour |
2 participants - 629 PLN per person
3 participants - 489 PLN per person
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English |
Daily, on request |
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Italian |
Tours privati disponibily |
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Polish |
Na zamówienie |
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German |
Die Touren erhaltlich auf Anfrage |
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Tours prives sur demand |
More about Military tour:
The Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow
Formed at Czyżny in 1964, the museum preserves and exhibits aircraft, engines and other items of importance to the world's aviation heritage and these form a premier European collection. This is one of the biggest aero engine collections in Europe, featuring over 100 engines of different types.
The museum airfield in the past
At the end of the 1800s - airfield was the home to a balloon detachment of Garrison Artillery 2nd Regiment of Krakow Fortress.
1912 - the Austrian headquarters of the aviation unit called Flugpark 7 was formed there.
1915 - the airfield was employed to train crews and repair aircraft for the front-line units.
1918 - the airfield became one of the staging points for an airmail service between Vienna and Kiev/Odessa.
31st October 1918 - the Polish Military Authorities took over the command of the airfield thereby making Rakowice the first airfield of Poland. The first Polish aviation unit, known as the 1st Combat Squadron, was formed there.
1920 Polish-Soviet War - the 1st Lower School for Pilots was located on the airfield, training new airmen for the rapidly expanding Polish Air Force.
Late 1920s - the airfield was the second largest Polish Air Force base
January 1945 - the advancing Russians took over the airfield and they assigned it to the Polish authorities.
Then, as often happens to metropolitan airfields, the encroachment of residential building (and the new steel works) made the airfield less than ideal and so the Polish Air Force left Rakowice and re-located at Balice, 10 miles to the west. Finally, airfield activity ceased in 1963 when the airline LOT departed.
Special discounts for groups over 10.
Inclusions:
- transport,
- off-road ride,
- private professional English-speaking guide,
- shooting with a professional instructor /AK-47 (15 shots)
- entrance fee to the Polish Aviation Museum.
