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Parachute Tower in Katowice. Parachute Tower in Katowice (Polish: Wieża spadochronowa w Katowicach) is a 35-metre tall lattice parachute tower built in 1937 for training parachute jumps. It was used in the first days of World War II by Germany's 73rd Infantry Division as an observation tower. The tower is the only existing parachute tower in ...
[4] [6] The most notable incidents involved the defense of the Silesian Insurgent House as well as a group of Polish Boy and Girl Scouts shooting Germans from the vantage point of the Parachute Tower Katowice. [3] The defense of the Tower became a remembered incident of the defense of Katowice. [5] [6]
The 262-foot (80 m) Parachute Jump ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair (later moved to Coney Island) [5] was a parachute tower, though the United States Army parachute training centre at Fort Benning had only 34-foot (10 m) towers until 1941.
First live public broadcast on 29 March 2008 at 10:00 am. TVS viewers were welcomed by television journalist and presenter Marek Czyż, accompanied by the regional Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble. Arkadiusz Hołda , president of TV Silesia, was greeted with the traditional Polish blessing of bread and salt.
The TV center is located in Katowice, Television street no 1 in main part of Metropolis GZM.The main tower has a height of 90 meters. The secondary transmitter lies in Kosztowy - district of Mysłowice (suburb of Katowice), which has a height of 355 meters (the second tallest radio mast in Poland).
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Spectators look up as the World Trade Center goes up in flames September 11, 2001 in New York City after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack.
Channel Type Polsat Box Canal+ Cable Terrestrial FTA Format Audio language Online TVP1* : General 16:9 HD Polish, original TVP2* : General 16:9 HD Polish, original