A couple of pictures from the Polish air force museun , Krak

[expat]

Went there this morning , not a bad museum however some of the aircraft outside are not wearing well.
The WW1 aircraft are all inside a hanger most without wings which according to the tour guide at the salt mine last night, the russians stole the wings

[old iron]

A wonderful museum, and one of the best collections of pre-1920 aircraft to be found anywhere.

[Mike]

A wonderful museum, and one of the best collections of pre-1920 aircraft to be found anywhere.

....or fuselages, at least!

[Junkyard36]

Excellent pics - how easy is the access to the museum?

Also, any more pics?

Mike

[John Dupre]

I think that most of the pre 1920 aircraft were from the German national collection which were being shipped from Berlin to Poland for safety during WW2. The story is the missing wings were on a different train from Germany and were destroyed in a bombing raid.

[Mike]

Excellent pics - how easy is the access to the museum?

Also, any more pics?

Mike

When I visited a few years back, it was easy to get to by taxi from central Krakow, and the museum staff were kind enough to call us a cab for our return trip. It is a great collection, the jewel of which in my eyes is the PZL P.11c, a particular favourite of mine. They also have, as mentioned, the remaining airframes from the Berlin museum which were evacuated in WWII, including the fuselage of Fritz Wendel's world speed record holding Me209. And lots of MiGs!

[Mike]

The WW1 aircraft are all inside a hanger most without wings which according to the tour guide at the salt mine last night, the russians stole the wings

Highly unlikely that the Russians had anything to do with it, much more likely that they were destroyed in a bombing raid. The Poles do seem to make a national sport of blaming the Russians for their misfortunes though (I know, as I'm married to one!)

[expat]

Hehehe i thought there might be a bit of a grudge , there was a group of Russians in on the salt mine tour , the guide kept on telling them to be quiet ..
When i get back home i will post more pictures , got a castle to go look at today , mind you my leggs are knackered after the steps at the mine !!!!!!!
The museum is easy to get to , i took a taxi from the main square to the museum and told the driver to be back in 2 hours, he was .Cost is 20zloty each way though i gave him more as he came back to pick me up .