Czech Republic Archives — Page 9 of 14

2023 air show season – news and updates (1)

1 March 2023 Jacek Domański

March is knocking at our doors now, and it means the 2023 aviation season in Europe is right around the corner. Therefore, similarly to the previous years, we bring you the first batch of air […]

End of an era – last flight of Czech Mi-2

6 February 2023 Jacek Domański

On 2nd February 2023, the last airworthy Mil Mi-2 helicopter in the Czech Republic (c/n 5110711088, ´0711´ of the CLV Pardubice) performed its final flight at Pardubice airfield. During the event, the already historical rotorcraft […]

Czechoslovak Air Force exhibition in Hradec Králové

23 January 2023 Jacek Domański

Já, UPÍR, přistání povoluji! (English: This is Vampire, you´re cleared for landing) is a temporary exhibition at the Museum of Eastern Bohemia (Muzeum východních Čech) in Hradec Králové. The display is dedicated to Czechoslovak Air […]

Let L-200D Morava

3 January 2023 Jacek Domański

Let L-200D Morava (c/n 171206, OK-NXX), flying display during an open doors event in Aeroklub Jaroměř, May 2015. In 1955, aviation plant in Kunovice, then known as Strojírny první pětiletky (Machine Works of the First […]

Aero L-39ZA Albatros

8 November 2022 Jacek Domański

Aero L-39ZA Albatros (c/n 232409, formerly ´109´ of the Romanian Air Force, N214AX, Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. Ltd), static display at Phantom Pharewell event, Wittmundhafen, June 2013. Only three years after introducing Aero L-29 Delfín, […]

Beneš-Mráz Be-60 Bestiola (replica)

18 October 2022 Jacek Domański

Beneš-Mráz Be-60 Bestiola (airworthy replica of ´OK-BEC´, OK-VAU88), waiting for take-off at the 29th edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, May 2019. On 1st April 1935, new aviation manufacturing company was established in Choceň, […]

Zlín Z-381

11 October 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

Scheibe Bergfalke IV

27 September 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

Avia BH-5

20 September 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]

Avia 14-32A (Ilyushin Il-14)

13 September 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]