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Schleicher ASH 26 E
Schleicher ASH 26 E (c/n 26145, D-KSBS) self-powered glider, static exhibition during open doors event at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, August 2024 At the beginning of the 1990s, Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. aviation company developed […]
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Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol
Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol (c/n 150905, OK-NOR), taking-off from Letiště Točná / Točná Airport, after the open doors day held there, Prague, October 2024. On 9th March 1946, the first post-war Czechoslovak aircraft Mráz M-1 […]
AIR SHOW REPORTS
Afternoon with the iconic Czechoslovak aircraft – October Zlín Meeting at Točná Airport
On Saturday, 12th October 2024 another edition of open doors afternoon event was held at Letiště Točná / Točná Airport in Prague, the Czech Republic. This time, the event was organised in the eve of […]
CIVIL AVIATION
End of the hundred years´ history – the final flight of Czech Airlines
On 26th October 2024, the Czech Airlines (CSA) company performed its final commercial operation – the flight from Paris to Prague, codenamed OK 767. The fifth oldest airline in the world ceased its record of […]
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L-60 Brigadýr / Zlín Z-126 Trenér
L-60 Brigadýr (c/n 150507, OK-LKN) and Zlín Z-126 Trenér (c/n 525, OK-DVG, formerly UC-38 of the Czechoslovak Air Force), static display at Točná Airport open doors day / the 3rd Trenér Meeting, Prague, October 2024. […]
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Aviation weekend in West Bohemia – Letecký den Cheb 2024
The ninth edition of Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), the biennial aviation event organized in West Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, took place on 17th and 18th August 2024. The two-day show boasted […]
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Spitfire Butterflies
In May of 2024, a new cause célébre attracted attention of Prague citizens and visitors – an installation of two giant ´Spitfire Butterfly´ sculptures mounted on the façade of Máj (English: May) department store. The […]
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Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri
Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri (c/n 248, F-PYTX), flying display at Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), Cheb, August 2024. In the early 1970s, French aeronautical engineer, Michel Colomban – who was working for Morane-Saulnier and then […]
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