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Enstrom 280FX Shark

16 December 2025 Jacek Domański

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

9 December 2025 Jacek Domański

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

2 December 2025 Jacek Domański

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

25 November 2025 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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Hatz CB-1

18 November 2025 Jacek Domański

Hatz CB-1 (c/n 78, HB-YSH) landing after the flying display performed during Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018 airshow, Schupfart, July 2018. The Hatz biplane was developed in the late 1960s by John Hatz, an American aviator, flying […]

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MX Aircraft MXS-R

11 November 2025 Jacek Domański

The MX Aircraft MXS-R (c/n 2, N540XS), flew by Mikaël Brageot during the 2017 edition of the Red Bull Air Race, Lausitzring, September 2017. The Australian aviation manufacturer MX Aircraft was established in 2001, following […]

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AgustaWestland AW109SP

4 November 2025 Jacek Domański

AgustaWestland AW109SP (c/n 22213, HB-ZRP of Schweizerische Luft-Ambulanz AG / Swiss Air Ambulance Ltd.) on static display at the 75th Anniversary of Meiringen Airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. The lightweight, multi-purpose Italian rotorcraft, initially known as […]

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Grob G 109B

21 October 2025 Jacek Domański

Grob G 109B (c/n 6413, G-OSNX of the AeroSPARX display team, formerly OH-740) taxiing at Kleine-Brogel AFB during the Spotter Day 2024, Kleine-Brogel, September 2024. In the late 1970s, the German aviation company Grob Aerospace […]

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Aero A-18C

14 October 2025 Jacek Domański

Aero A-18C (c/n ?, “Black 5”) racing aircraft, exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely Aviation Museum), Prague, September 2025. In March 1923, a new biplane fighter developed by the Aero aviation company, designated the A-18, […]