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Anatra Anasal

Anatra Anasal (c/n 010.91?, formerly “11120” of Letecký sbor Československé armády / Aviation Corps of the Czechoslovak Army), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In 1911, Russian aviation pioneer Артур Антонович Анатра […]

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Junkers J 1

Junkers J 1 (full-scale replica), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. Hugo Junkers was one of the best-known German inventors of the early 20th century. His early career was related to mechanical […]

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HC-2 Heli Baby

HC-2 Heli Baby (c/n 002 – 2nd prototype, RA-05 of the Czechoslovak Air Force, formerly OK-10), light utility helicopter, on display at the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In the late 1940s, the development […]

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Yakovlev Yak-27R

Yakovlev Yak-27R / Як-27Р, NATO reporting name “Mangrove” (c/n 477, formerly “0708” – “red 28” of the Soviet Air Force), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. In the early 1950s, the Soviet […]

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Bölkow P-166/3

Bölkow P-166/3 ´Flying Jeep´ experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The P-166/3 was developed in 1960 by Götz Heidelberg, a German aviation engineer, inventor, and aircraft designer who at that […]

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Kaman HH-43F Huskie

Kaman HH-43F Huskie (c/n 174, formerly 62-4547 of the United States Air Force – USAF), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The HH-43 Huskie, one of the most interesting helicopters developed in […]

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Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (c/n 100406, formerly operated by Kriegsmarine / the German Navy), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The idea of using an aircraft to improve observation range of submarines […]

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Airspeed Oxford Mk I

Airspeed Oxford Mk I (c/n PAC.936, O-16 of the Belgian Air Force, formerly MP455 of the Royal Air Force), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. In […]