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Zlín Z-43

Zlín Z-43 (c/n 0102, OK-WOI), exhibited at static display of Den ve vzduchu air show, Plasy, April 2025. In the early 1960s, the Czechoslovak aviation plant in Otrokovice, then named Moravan, národní podnik (Moravan state-owned […]

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Embraer ERJ 135ER

Embraer ERJ 135ER (c/n 145376, G-RJXL of BMI Regional), taxiing at Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, October 2018. Development of the Embraer ERJ (Embraer Regional Jet) aircraft family began in the late 1980s, with the […]

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Airbus H145

Airbus H145 (c/n 20221, D-HNHX), static display at Sanicole Sunset (part of the 44th Sanicole International Airshow), Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. In February of 1977, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) signed an agreement to […]

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Dassault Mirage IIIDS

Dassault Mirage IIIDS (c/n MD 470, HB-RDF, formerly ´J-2012´ of the Swiss Air Force), static display at the 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. In the early 1950s, the French Ministry of Defence […]

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Mil Mi-24V

Mil Mi-24V (c/n 087358 and c/n 087354, ´7358´ and ´7354´ of the Czech Air Force), flying display at the Czech International Air Fest 2010, Hradec Králové, September 2010. In August of 1978, the first Mi-24D […]

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Aerotechnik L-13SW Vivat

Aerotechnik L-13SW Vivat (c/n 890307, OK-7107, formerly OK-9100), exhibited on static display during this year´s first edition of Letiště Točná (Točná Airport) open day, Prague, March 2025. The L-13 Vivat motor glider is a derivative […]

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Mudry CAP 10B

Mudry CAP 10B (c/n 122, F-GOUM, formerly ´122´ of the French Air Force), flying display at Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018, Schupfart, July 2018. In 1958, the French aviation enthusiast and professional pilot, Auguste Mudry, founded his […]

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Wright Flyer III

Wright Flyer III (replica), flying display during the 21st edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2011. On 17th December 1903, near Kill Devil Hills in the vicinity of Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, […]