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A Cold War veteran – the present and the future of MiG-29 with the NATO air forces
Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´), although still being in active service, is usually associated as one of the most iconic aircraft of the late Cold War years. And yet, interestingly, that fighter jet returned […]
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Ilyushin Il-18B
Ilyushin Il-18B (c/n 189001604, OK-NAA, formerly operated by Československé aerolinie), exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely aviation museum), Prague, September 2021. In the mid-1950s, the piston-powered passenger aircraft were being slowly replaced by faster and […]
AVIATION HISTORY
Made in Czechoslovakia – Zlín Trenér family
More than 74 years ago, on 20th October 1947, new Czechoslovak monoplane took-off for the first time. Commonly known as Zlín Trenér (English: trainer), the aircraft gave start for an entire series of Czechoslovak aerobatic […]
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Aero Ae-45S Super
Aero Ae-45S Super (DM-SGF, formerly HA-DMD, c/n 04-013), on display at Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode, June 2018. A few months ago, within this weekly series, we have already introduced the history of Ae-45 / Ae-145 light utility […]
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF (c/n 967801, ex-Slovak Air Force ´7801´), NATO reporting name ´Fishbed-J´, static display during Slovak International Air Fest air show, Sliać air base, September 2012. At the end of 1961, the first four MiG-21 […]
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Praga E-114B ´Air Baby´
Praga E-114B ´Air Baby´ (OK-TAU 05, c/n 122), flying display at ´Den ve vzduchu´ air show, Plasy 2016. In August of 1934, prototype of E-114 aircraft took-off for its maiden flight. This light, all-wood single […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
4 June 1943 – Jaroslav Čermák
Flying Officer Jaroslav Čermák from No. 313 (Czech) Squadron RAF, crashes with his Spitfire Mk.V (AR512) near Taunton, after colliding with a train. Complicated wartime fortunes of Jaroslav Čermák may work as a perfect example […]
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Aero Ae-145
Aero Ae-145 (c/n 171911, OK-DAJ), on apron of Pardubice airfield, awaiting departure from Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2017. Aero – továrna létadel (Aero – the aircraft manufacturer) company was founded in 1919 and […]
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Aero L-29 Delfín
Aero L-29 Delfín (Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya), c/n 394952, on apron of Karup air force base, Danish Air Show, June 2014. Behind creation of L-29 Delfín there was a sum of several favouring factors. […]