
Czech Republic


Taylorcraft Auster Mk V
Taylorcraft Auster Mk V (c/n 1753, OK-BTA), flying display at Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), Cheb, August 2024. In 1930, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, the Chief Engineer of Taylor Aircraft Company developed a small, low-powered […]

Public demonstration of the Czech H-1 rotorcraft system – Náměšt´ Open Day 2024
On 1st May 2024, after an eight-year gap, the doors of Náměšt´military airfield again opened for general public, on the occasion of the Open Day event organised by 22. základna vrtulníkového letectva (22nd Helicopter Air […]

Letov LF-107 Luňák
Letov LF-107 Luňák (c/n 34, OK-0820), flying display at 32nd edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2024. On 25th June 1948, prototype of the new Czechoslovak aerobatic glider LF-107 Luňák (English: kite) performed […]

2024 air show season in Europe (part 5)
The fifth, and final, article from our series regarding news and updates on 2024 air show season in Europe, brings you a short and subjective selection of aviation events scheduled for the second part of […]

Cirrus SR22T-GTS G6 Platinum
Cirrus SR22T-GTS G6 Platinum (c/n 8574, OK-LPB), static display at Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2024. In the early 1990s, Cirrus Design Corporation (usually known as Cirrus Aircraft) from Duluth, Minnesota, began works on […]

Saab JAS-39C Gripen
Saab JAS-39C Gripen (c/n 39240, ´9240´ of Vzdušné síly Armády České republiky / the Czech Air Force), refuelled at static display of the 32nd edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2024. The Czech […]

2024 air show season opener – Den ve vzduchu in Plasy
Just like in previous years, we started new aviation season at Aeroklub Plasy airfield, in the West Bohemia region. For more than twenty years, that small but picturesque town hosts Den ve vzduchu (English: Day […]

Gripen crews train over the Czech Republic – exercise Lion Effort 2024
Between 9th and 27th May 2024, the Czech Air Force hosted the multinational live-fly exercise, codenamed Lion Effort 2024. It was already the fifth edition of the training, bringing together the air forces operating JAS-39 […]

2024 air show season in Europe – cancellations (part 4)
The fourth article from our series focused on the European aviation events of the 2024 season, brings – regrettably – some information about recently cancelled or postponed shows. The first of them is Danish Air […]