Latest revision as of 19:27, 23 January 2026

TV Show / Documentary (1977-1989)

Starring:
Zdzisław Kamiński (host)
Andrzej Kurek (host)

The most successful scientific program in the history of the Polish TV. It enjoyed unflagging popularity till the last episode, gathering for 12 years huge audience in every age and of both sexes. Responsible for this were mostly the interesting, a bit humorous, formula of the show and strong TV personalities of the two main hosts, who always tried to present the scientific and technical progress in the context of our everyday live improving. Their sudden and tragic death in car accident, during the preparation of the next episode, meant also the end of the program production in 1989.
Except own materials “Sonda” used also a lot of footages from around the world, taken for example from the manufacturers promo videos or documentaries provided by the embassies.

Ep. 195 Helix

WSK PZL-Świdnik W-3 (Prototype)

These have to be the first two, late 70's, prototypes of the future "W-3 Sokół". They are visible here during the ground tests at the WSK plant. Episode was filmed in 1981.

WSK PZL-Świdnik Mi-2

SP-SAO was used in eps 195 and 196 (both filmed at the WSK/PZL-Świdnik factory)

Westland SA 341C Gazelle HT2

Royal Navy SA 341C Gazelle, built under licence by Westland.

Bell 206 JetRanger

Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105

Enstrom F-28C

Registration G-BHTF, c/n 348 built in 1976.

Sud Aviation SA 313B Alouette II

Alouette II.

Hughes 369D

Mil Mi-10k

Model of some Soviet helicopter, maybe shaped after the real one...

Ep. 196 Pteron

Hughes 269B

Bell XV-15

Registration N702NA or N703NA.

Hawker Siddeley P.1127

Boeing 747-136

Westland Scout AH.1

Westland Wessex HAR.2

UK built version of Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw.

Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard

Reg. 1370 Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard c/n 62-048 of the US Coast Guard.

Bell 412

Unidentified Aircraft

Old test model of V/STOL plane, maybe we can say sometihng more about it...in a way it evocates same kind of project than the Kamov Ka-35 project.

Grumman 698

Another "V/STOL". Grumman 698 project.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section).

Unidentified Aircraft

Archive footage also seen in IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).

Gray Goose

Unsucccessful prototype by Jonathan Edward Caldwell.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).

Unidentified Aircraft

Circular winged flying machine designed by Dr. George F. Myers (1927).
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified Aircraft

Archive footage also seen in IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section).

Pitts Sky Car

Archive footage also seen in other titles; see Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).

Ep. 370 Test cz. 2

Airbus A310-200

Experimental flight.
Registration F-WZLH, serial n° 162.

Experimental fly – test of the rear part strength. As visible, it is one plane with two different liveries of Lufthansa and Swissair. This airplane did its first flight in April 1982 and has been delivered to Swissair in 1984, as A310-221 registered HB-IPE.
Registration F-WZLH, serial n° 162.

F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in Swissair/Lufthansa livery.

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 = Ep. 195 <i>Helix</i> =
-== [[:Category:PZL-Świdnik W-3 Sokół|WSK PZL-Świdnik W-3 (Prototype)]] ==
+== [[:Category: PZL-Świdnik W-3 Sokół|WSK PZL-Świdnik W-3 (Prototype)]] ==
 These have to be the first two, late 70's, prototypes of the future "W-3 Sokół". They are visible here during the ground tests at the WSK plant. Episode was filmed in 1981.
 [[Image:SonpzlwskW-3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 [[Image:SonpzlwskW-3_(5).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:PZL-Świdnik Mi-2|WSK PZL-Świdnik Mi-2]] ==
+== [[:Category: PZL-Świdnik Mi-2|WSK PZL-Świdnik Mi-2]] ==
 SP-SAO was used in eps 195 and 196 (both filmed at the WSK/PZL-Świdnik factory)
 [[Image:Sonmi_2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. SP-SAO, s/n 525522028.]]
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 [[Image:Sonmi_2_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. SP-SLG, s/n 525642058.]]
-== [[:Category:Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle|Westland SA 341C Gazelle HT2]] ==
+== [[:Category: Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle|Westland SA 341C Gazelle HT2]] ==
 Royal Navy SA 341C Gazelle, built under licence by Westland.
 [[Image:SonGazelle.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Westland SA 341C Gazelle HT2 of the Royal Navy.]]
-== [[:Category:Bell 206|Bell 206 JetRanger]] ==
+== [[:Category: Bell 206|Bell 206 JetRanger]] ==
 [[Image:Bell_jet_ranger.jpg|thumb|600px|none|]]
 [[Image:Sonbell_jet_ranger_(1).jpg|thumb|600px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Eurocopter MBB BO-105|Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO-105]] ==
+== [[:Category: MBB Bo 105|Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105]] ==
 [[Image:MBB Bo105.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Enstrom F-28|Enstrom F-28C]] ==
+== [[:Category: Enstrom F-28|Enstrom F-28C]] ==
 Registration G-BHTF, c/n 348 built in 1976.
 [[Image:SonEnstrom_f28_C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Aérospatiale SA 313/315 Alouette II|Sud Aviation SA 313B Alouette II]] ==
+== [[:Category: Aérospatiale SA 313/315 Alouette II|Sud Aviation SA 313B Alouette II]] ==
 Alouette II.
 [[Image:SonAlouette_II.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Sud Aviation SA 313B Alouette II.]]
-== [[:Category:MD Helicopters MD 500|Hughes 369D]] ==
+== [[:Category: MD Helicopters MD 500|Hughes 369D]] ==
 [[Image:Sondunk.jpg|thumb|600px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Mil Mi-10|Mil Mi-10k]] ==
+== [[:Category: Mil Mi-10|Mil Mi-10k]] ==
 Model of some Soviet helicopter, maybe shaped after the real one...
-[[Image:Sondmodel.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mil Mi-10k in Aeroflot livery.]]
+[[Image:Sondmodel.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mil Mi-10k in [[:Category: Aeroflot|Aeroflot]] livery.]]
-[[Image:Sondmodel_(1).jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mil Mi-10k in [[:Category: Aeroflot|Aeroflot]].]] livery.]]
+[[Image:Sondmodel_(1).jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mil Mi-10k in [[:Category: Aeroflot|Aeroflot]] livery.]]
 = Ep. 196 <i>Pteron</i> =
-== [[:Category:Hughes 269|Hughes 269B]] ==
+== [[:Category: Hughes 269|Hughes 269B]] ==
 [[Image:Hughes 269C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|SP-SKA.]]
 [[Image:SonHughes_269C_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|SP-SKA.]]
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 == Bell XV-15 ==
 Registration N702NA or N703NA.
-[[Image:SsonBXV-15_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[Image:SsonBXV-15_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Chased by a Beechcraft T-34 Mentor.]]
 [[Image:SsonBXV-15_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:SsonBXV-15_(3).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:SsonBXV-15_(4).JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Hawker Siddeley P.1127/Kestrel|Hawker Siddeley P.1127]] ==
+== [[:Category: Hawker Siddeley P.1127/Kestrel|Hawker Siddeley P.1127]] ==
 [[Image:SonHawker_Siddeley_Harrier.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Boeing 747|Boeing 747-136]] ==
-[[Image:Son747BA.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.]]
+[[Image:Son747BA.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 747-136 of [[:Category: British Airways|British Airways]].]]
-== [[:Category:Westland Scout|Westland Scout AH.1]] ==
+== [[:Category: Westland Scout|Westland Scout AH.1]] ==
 [[Image:Sonunid.jpg|thumb|600px|none|]]
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 [[Image:Son_sikorsky_(1).jpg|thumb|600px|none|Westland Wessex HAR.2 of the RAF.]]
-== [[:Category:Sikorsky S-62|Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard]] ==
+== [[:Category: Sikorsky S-62|Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard]] ==
-[[Image:Sonsikorsky_HH-52A.jpg|thumb|600px|none|1370.]]
+Reg. 1370 Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard c/n 62-048 of the US Coast Guard.
-[[Image:Sonsikorsky_HH-52A_(1).jpg|thumb|600px|none|1370.]]
+[[Image:Sonsikorsky_HH-52A.jpg|thumb|600px|none|]]
+[[Image:Sonsikorsky_HH-52A_(1).jpg|thumb|600px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1 Iroquois]] ==
+== [[:Category: Bell 212/412|Bell 412]] ==
 [[Image:Sonbell_uh-1(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:Sonbell_uh-1_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]][[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
+Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others)#Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter|IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section)]].
 [[Image:Unk_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]][[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
-Archive footage also seen in [[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes ]] -  [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
+Archive footage also seen in [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]].
 [[Image:Sonunk_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Gray Goose|Gray Goose]] ==
+== [[:Category: Gray Goose|Gray Goose]] ==
-Archive footage also seen in [[Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen]] -  [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
+Unsucccessful prototype by Jonathan Edward Caldwell.<br>
+Same aircraft seen in other films [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]].
 [[Image:Sonunk_(3).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Gray Goose.]]
 == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]][[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
-Archive footage also seen in [[Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen]] -  [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
+Circular winged flying machine designed by Dr. George F. Myers (1927).<br>
+Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)]].
 [[Image:Sonunk_(5).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]][[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
-Archive footage also seen in [[Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen]] and  [[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes ]] -  [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
+Archive footage also seen in [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others)#Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter|IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section)]].
 [[Image:Sonunk (4).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Pitts Sky Car|Pitts Sky Car]] ==
+== [[:Category: Pitts Sky Car|Pitts Sky Car]] ==
-Archive footage also seen in [[Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen]] and [[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes]] -  [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
+Archive footage also seen in other titles; see [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]].
 [[Image:Sonunk_(8).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Pitts Sky Car.]]
 = Ep. 370 <i>Test cz. 2</i> =
-== [[:Category:Airbus A310|Airbus A310-200]] ==
+== [[:Category: Airbus A310|Airbus A310-200]] ==
 Experimental flight.<br>
 Registration F-WZLH, serial n° 162.
 [[Image:Sona310.jpg|thumb|500px|none|F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in corporate Airbus Industrie livery.]]
-Experimental fly – test of the rear part strength. As visible, it is one plane with two different liveries of Lufthansa and Swiss Air. This airplane did its first flight in April 1982 and has been delivered to Swissair in 1984, as A310-221 registered HB-IPE.<br>
+Experimental fly – test of the rear part strength. As visible, it is one plane with two different liveries of [[:Category: Lufthansa|Lufthansa]] and [[:Category: Swissair|Swissair]]. This airplane did its first flight in April 1982 and has been delivered to Swissair in 1984, as A310-221 registered HB-IPE.<br>
 Registration F-WZLH, serial n° 162.
-[[Image:Sontest1.jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in Swissair/Lufthansa livery. ]]
+[[Image:Sontest1.jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in [[:Category: Swissair|Swissair]]/[[:Category: Lufthansa|Lufthansa]] livery.]]
-[[Image:Sontest1_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in Swissair/Lufthansa livery.  ]]
+[[Image:Sontest1_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in [[:Category: Swissair|Swissair]]/[[:Category: Lufthansa|Lufthansa]] livery.]]
-[[Image:Sontest1_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in Swissair/Lufthansa livery. ]]
+[[Image:Sontest1_(2).jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in [[:Category: Swissair|Swissair]]/[[:Category: Lufthansa|Lufthansa]] livery.]]
-[[Image:Sontest1_(3).jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in Swissair/Lufthansa livery.  ]]
+[[Image:Sontest1_(3).jpg|thumb|500px|none |F-WZLH Airbus A310-200 in [[:Category: Swissair|Swissair]]/[[:Category: Lufthansa|Lufthansa]] livery.]]
 == [[:Category: Boeing 747|Boeing 747]] ==
@@ Line 139: / Line 143: @@
 [[Image:Son747.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-==[[:Category:Cessna 172 Skyhawk|Cessna 172G Skyhawk]]==
+==[[:Category: Cessna 172 Skyhawk|Cessna 172G Skyhawk]]==
 [[Image:Son_7.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Cessna 172G Skyhawk ]]
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 = Ep. 436 <i>Łopatka</i> =
-== [[:Category:McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (UDF)]] ==
+== [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (UDF)]] ==
 Experimental flight with one engine replaced by the General Electric GE36 UDF/propfan unit - around 1987 (1988 ep.).
 [[Image:SonMcDonnell_Douglas_DC-9_UDF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|DC-9-81 (or MD-81) registered N980DC.]]
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 [[Image:SonMcDonnell_Douglas_DC-9_UDF_(4).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category:Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-211]] ==
+== [[:Category: Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-211]] ==
-[[Image:Sonairbusa320AF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Airbus A320-211 of Air France.]]
+[[Image:Sonairbusa320AF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Airbus A320-211 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]
-[[Image:Sonairbusa320AF_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Airbus A320-211 of Air France.]]
+[[Image:Sonairbusa320AF_(1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Airbus A320-211 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]
-[[Image:Sonairbusa320AF (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Airbus A320-211 of Air France.]]
+[[Image:Sonairbusa320AF (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Airbus A320-211 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]
-== [[Category:Boeing 767]][[:Category:Boeing 767|Boeing 767]] ==
+== [[Category: Boeing 767]][[:Category:Boeing 767|Boeing 767]] ==
 [[Image:Sunpl.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== Gossamer Albatross ==
+== [[:Category: Gossamer Albatross|Gossamer Albatross]] ==
 [[Image:Sonmies.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Gossamer Albatross.]]
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 = See also =
-* [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonda_%28program_telewizyjny%29 Sonda at Polish Wikipedia]
+* [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonda_%28program_telewizyjny%29 Sonda at Polish Wikipedia]
-* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=1004509177 Sonda at IMCDb]
+* [https://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=1004509177 Sonda at IMCDb]
-[[Category:Airbus A310]]
+[[Category: Airbus A310]]
-[[Category:Airbus A320 family]]
+[[Category: Airbus A320 family]]
-[[Category:Bell 206]]
+[[Category: Bell 206]]
-[[Category:Boeing 747]]
+[[Category: Bell 212/412]]
-[[Category:Boeing 767]]
+[[Category: Boeing 747]]
-[[Category:Enstrom F-28]]
+[[Category: Boeing 767]]
-[[Category:Eurocopter MBB BO-105]]
+[[Category: Enstrom F-28]]
-[[Category:Gray Goose]]
+[[Category: Gossamer Albatross]]
-[[Category:Hawker Siddeley P.1127/Kestrel]]
+[[Category: Gray Goose]]
-[[Category:Hughes 269]]
+[[Category: Hawker Siddeley P.1127/Kestrel]]
-[[Category:McDonnell Douglas DC-9]]
+[[Category: Hughes 269]]
-[[Category:MD Helicopters MD 500]]
+[[Category: MBB Bo 105]]
-[[Category:Mil Mi-10]]
+[[Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-9]]
-[[Category:Piper PA-31T]]
+[[Category: MD Helicopters MD 500]]
-[[Category:Pitts Sky Car]]
+[[Category: Mil Mi-10]]
-[[Category:PZL-Świdnik Mi-2]]
+[[Category: Piper PA-31T]]
-[[Category:PZL-Świdnik W-3 Sokół]]
+[[Category: Pitts Sky Car]]
-[[Category:Sikorsky S-62]]
+[[Category: PZL-Świdnik Mi-2]]
-[[Category:Westland Scout]]
+[[Category: PZL-Świdnik W-3 Sokół]]
-[[Category:Westland Wessex]]
+[[Category: Sikorsky S-62]]
+[[Category: Westland Scout]]
+[[Category: Westland Wessex]]
+[[Category: Aeroflot]]
+[[Category: Air France]]
+[[Category: British Airways]]
+[[Category: Lufthansa]]
+[[Category: Swissair]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 23 January 2026

Ep. 195 Helix

Ep. 196 Pteron

Bell XV-15

Grumman 698

Ep. 370 Test cz. 2

Ep. 436 Łopatka

See also