Polish Aero Club

The ARP organized the Challenge 1934 international contest and the Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning in 1934–1936, also successful for the Polish pilots.

In 1957–1990 it was named Aeroklub Polskiej Rzeczpospolitej Ludowej (APRL; Aero Club of the Polish People's Republic).

At the time of communist Poland, the membership in aero club was practically the only chance for private persons to fly.

The ARP/APRL was supported by the government and supplied with trainer and auxiliary aircraft withdrawn from the Polish Air Force, distributed to regional aero clubs.

Aeroklub Polski is the national governing and coordinating body of air sport and recreational flying.

The most typical aircraft of the Polish Aero Club - a multipurpose PZL-104 Wilga of the regional Aeroklub Kielecki . The AP logo is well visible on a rudder
A sportsplane PZL.26 , during the Challenge 1934 contest, of the Aero Club of the Polish Republic (ARP)