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Zlín Z-50LX
A formation of four Zlín Z-50LX aerobatic aircraft from the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team, flying display during an open doors event at Aeroklub Jaroměř, May 2013. Back in 1973, a development of a new single […]
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CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX
CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX (SP-YHB, c/n CCK-1865-0116), Kruszyn Aerodrome (Aeroclub of Włocławek), 25th April 2019. Carbon Cub is an aeroplane with superb flying capabilities, that may definitely be called a truly 21st century incarnation […]
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Bristol Type 171 Sycamore
Bristol Type 171 Sycamore (OE-XSY, formerly ´78+17´ Bundeswehr/Heer) from the Flying Bulls collection, static display at Helicopter Show 2018, Hradec Králové, May 2018. The story of British rotorcraft development have started with Airborne Forces Experimental […]
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF (c/n 967801, ex-Slovak Air Force ´7801´), NATO reporting name ´Fishbed-J´, static display during Slovak International Air Fest air show, Sliać air base, September 2012. At the end of 1961, the first four MiG-21 […]
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Sukhoi Su-31M
Sukhoi Su-31M (OK-HXC, c/n 0601), Aerobatic Freestyle Challenge, Prague, June 2012. Usually, when we think about aircraft designed by Sukhoi construction bureau, combat aeroplanes are the first that comes to mind. And indeed, military aircraft […]
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Boeing A-75N1 / PT-17 Kaydet
Boeing A-75N1 Stearman / PT-17 Kaydet (built 1941, c/n c/n 75-717, N74189), during a wing walking flying display at the 6th Sanicole Sunset Airshow, September 2016. A daredevil aviation stunt known as ´wing walking´ is […]
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Praga E-114B ´Air Baby´
Praga E-114B ´Air Baby´ (OK-TAU 05, c/n 122), flying display at ´Den ve vzduchu´ air show, Plasy 2016. In August of 1934, prototype of E-114 aircraft took-off for its maiden flight. This light, all-wood single […]
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Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger ´Charlie´s Heavy´ (HB-RDG, c/n 3381), taking-off for a flying display at Memorial Air Show, Roudnice nad Labem, June 2015. Distinctive silhouette and characteristic sound of TBM-3 Avenger, nicknamed ´Charlie´s Heavy´, is well […]
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Eurocopter EC120B Colibri
Eurocopter (now: Airbus Helicopters) EC120B Colibri (English: hummingbird), HE.25-11 of the Spanish Air Force helicopter aerobatic team Patrulla ASPA, Kleine-Brogel air base, September 2017. In order to introduce the roots of EC120 light utility helicopter, […]
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Beriev A-50U / А-50У
Beriev A-50 / А-50У airborne early warning and control aircraft, NATO reporting name: Mainstay (´41´ Taganrog / Таганрог), static display at International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Zhukovsky, July 2017. The story of Soviet airborne […]