Celebrating a Double Anniversary at the Foot of the Beskids

The Polish Aviation Revue Przeglad Lotniczy published our 80th Jubilee in issue 4/2026 (no. 374) with an article about the legacy of SZD glider designs and production.

It is here that, for eight decades, gliders were built that trained successive generations of pilots and shaped the history of global gliding.

Article by Adam Pietrzykowski page 42, 43 at the History section of issue 4/2026 Przeglad Lotnicz

The location in Bielsko-Biała was no coincidence—the Aleksandrowice airfield was in the immediate vicinity, and the nearby training centers in the Beskids, including the one on Mount Żar, provided a natural base for the development of gliding.

Stay tuned for more articles in the international aviation press.

If you want to know more about our Anniversary and the history of SZD take a look on the detailed report of the festival weekend in May or dig into our history at our web page:

Detailed report: That's Aerosplotty – 80 Years of SZD Gliders

Company history on our webpage