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Pilatus PC-21

Pilatus PC-21 (c/n 104, A-102 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. The story of training aircraft made by Pilatus company started already in the early […]

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Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey

Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey (c/n D1037, 11-0058 US Air Force, 352nd Special Operations Group), flying display at Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, July 2017. Without any doubts, the V-22 Osprey is one of the most interesting […]

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Zlín Z-381

Zlín Z-381 (c/n 145, OK-BSA), a Czechoslovak derivative of Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann training aircraft, flying display at 29th edition of Aviatická pout airshow, Pardubice, May 2019. At the end of the 1930s, the Bü […]

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Van’s Aircraft RV-10

Van’s Aircraft RV-10 (SP-YKW, home kit-built aeroplane), static display at Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally in Płock, August 2022. The RV-10 aircraft, was designed by Richard VanGrunsven, founder and chief designer of the Van’s Aircraft […]

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Scheibe Bergfalke IV

Scheibe Bergfalke IV glider (c/n 5816, OK-3377), winch launching at LKBR / Broumov airfield, September 2022. Bergfalke IV is the final development within the Bergfalke (English: mountain hawk) glider family designed and produced by German […]

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Avia BH-5

Avia BH-5 (c/n 02, OK-BOS), flying display during Točna Airport open day, Prague, September 2022. On 14th June 1923, new Czechoslovak aircraft, designated Avia BH-5, took-off for its maiden flight. The aeroplane was created by […]

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Avia 14-32A (Ilyushin Il-14)

Avia 14-32A / Ilyushin Il-14, manufactured under licence in Czechoslovakia (c/n 805119, formerly OK-MCI of the Czechoslovak Airlines), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), August 2022. A short story of development […]

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Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-29AS

Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-29AS, NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´ (c/n 2960535409/4715, ´0921´ of the Slovak Air Force) taxiing at Malacky – Kuchyňa air base, August 2022. Although the MiG-29 was already introduced within our Photo of […]