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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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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 […]

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Tupolev Tu-104A / Ту-104А

Tupolev Tu-104A (c/n 76600503, formerly OK-LDA, operated by Československé Aerolinie / Czechoslovak Airlines – ČSA), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), April 2013. Since the early 1950s, the turbojet propulsion was […]

SHORT AVIATION STORIES

Let L-410 Turbolet

On 16th April 1969, the new Czechoslovak short-range, twin-engine transport aircraft L-410 Turbolet successfully completed its maiden flight. The aircraft was designed and developed by LET Kunovice aviation plant. Initially, the aeroplane was intended for […]

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Orličan VT-16 Orlík

Orličan VT-16 Orlík (c/n 150702, OK-2141), single-seat glider, static display during open doors day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, October 2022. At the end of the 1950s, a well-known Czechoslovak aviation designer, Jiří Matějček, developed a […]