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Stinson L-5 Sentinel

Stinson L-5 Sentinel (c/n 76-142?, HB-TRY, formerly 42-99186 of the USAAF and A-96 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018 air show, Schupfart, July 2018. In 1939, Stinson Aircraft Company introduced […]

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ProFe Banjo MH

ProFe Banjo MH (c/n unknown, OK-LUA 52), static display during an open day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, September 2022. The Banjo MH is a Czech-manufactured motor glider belonging to the family of high-wing, strut-braced gliders […]

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Agusta HKP 15A

Agusta HKP 15A / A109E LUH (c/n 13761, “31” of Försvarsmaktens helikopterflottilj / the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing), on static display during the 11th edition of the Sanicole Sunset Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. The […]

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Sukhoi Su-47

Sukhoi Su-47 „Berkut“ (technology demonstrator, NATO reporting name: Firkin), exhibited at the XIV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, Zhukovsky, August 2019. In the early 1980s, the United States launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter programme, […]

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Enstrom 280FX Shark

Enstrom 280FX Shark (c/n 2143, OK-EFX / currently N136HA), flying display at the 18th Helicopter Show, Hradec Králové, May 2019. In 1943, Rudolph “Rudy” John Enstrom, an American engineer and aviation enthusiast, began work on […]

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Zlín Z-22 Junák

Zlín Z-22 Junák (c/n 82, OO-FRE) light sport aircraft, exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely Aviation Museum), Prague, September 2025. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the Zlín aviation plant in Otrokovice […]

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Zlín Z-XIII

Zlín Z-XIII (prototype, OK-TBZ), a Czechoslovak sports aircraft, exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In the mid-1930s, several aviation companies developed so-called “fast courier aircraft” – small touring and sports aeroplanes characterised […]

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Ilyushin Il-28U / CB-228

Ilyushin Il-28U (c/n 610501, formerly “CD-10”, later “0501”, of the Czechoslovak Air Force), exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely Aviation Museum), Prague, September 2025. In June 1948, the Soviet authorities officially launched a development programme […]