Czechoslovakia Archives

Sukhoi Su-7BM (Су-7БМ)

22nd August 2023 Jacek Domański

Sukhoi Su-7BM (c/n 5516, formerly ´5516´ of the Czechoslovak Air Force), static display at open doors event at 21st Tactical Air Base, Čáslav, May 2023. On 14th May 1953, Pavel Sukhoi was appointed the Chief […]

Orličan VT-16 Orlík

8th August 2023 Jacek Domański

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 […]

ŠK-1 Trempík

6th June 2023 Jacek Domański

ŠK-1 Trempík (c/n: 01, OK-JXA) amateur-built aircraft, leaving Pardubice airfield, where it was part of static display at 31st Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show, Pardubice, May 2023. The ŠK-1 is the second, after the […]

Czechoslovak Air Force exhibition in Hradec Králové

23rd 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

3rd 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

8th 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)

18th 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

11th 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 […]

Avia BH-5

20th 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)

13th 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 […]