Above: A PZL W3S Sokół helicopter, from the 36th Special Aviation Regiment. Tactical number 0916. Below: A Yakovlev Yak-40 (NATO reporting name: Codling), from the 36th Special Aviation Regiment. Short- and medium-range VIP transport. Tactical number 045.
Below: CASA 295M, one of four landings I saw today. Like the other 19 CASAs in service with the Polish air force (one crashed at Mirosławiec in January 2008), this one - tactical number 014 - belongs to the 13th Air Transport Squadron based at Kraków-Balice airport. One of these brought the body of President Kaczyński back from Russia last Sunday; I guess that one will be flying the coffin from Warsaw to Kraków tomorrow morning.
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The Yak-40 is another aircraft with a very poor safety record, although it has been around for a while now.
I hear some of the aircraft flying dignitaries to Kraków tomorrow will be flying to Okęcie for holding due to lack of space at Balice. I may sneak to Obi during the day for a couple of hours if my wife permits... :)
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