Plasy Archives

Zlín Z-43

20 May 2025 Jacek Domański

Zlín Z-43 (c/n 0102, OK-WOI), exhibited at static display of Den ve vzduchu air show, Plasy, April 2025. In the early 1960s, the Czechoslovak aviation plant in Otrokovice, then named Moravan, národní podnik (Moravan state-owned […]

Maule M-5-210C Strata Rocket

6 May 2025 Jacek Domański

Maule M-5-210C Strata Rocket (c/n 6034C, OK-ESM), taxiing for sightseeing flight within Den ve vzduchu 2025 air show, Plasy, April 2025. The story of Maule aircraft starts in 1911, with Belford David Maule, who was […]

The European air show season is about to start – Den ve vzduchu 2025

5 April 2025 Jacek Domański

In less than a month, Den ve vzduchu (English: Day in the air) will open this year´s air show season in Europe. Traditionally organised during the last weekend of April, Den ve vzduchu is one […]

2024 air show season opener – Den ve vzduchu in Plasy

8 June 2024 Jacek Domański

Just like in previous years, we started new aviation season at Aeroklub Plasy airfield, in the West Bohemia region. For more than twenty years, that small but picturesque town hosts Den ve vzduchu (English: Day […]

European air show season kickoff at Plasy – Den ve vzduchu 2023

12 June 2023 Jacek Domański

During the last weekend of April, Den ve vzduchu, the traditional aviation event of the West Bohemia region, had returned to Plasy airfield after an annual break. As usual, the show brought two days of […]

Loehle 5151 Mustang

9 May 2023 Jacek Domański

Loehle 5151 Mustang (c/n –, OK-IUL 51), static display during Den ve vzduchu 2023 air show at Plasy airfield, April 2023. In 1988, Loehle Aircraft Corporation introduced its new aeroplane kit, to the market. It […]

2023 air show season – news and updates (2)

17 April 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of March, we have issued our first article about the air show news and updates for the 2023 season – so it is time to continue that series with further information about […]

Pilatus P-3-05

29 November 2022 Jacek Domański

Pilatus P-3-05 (c/n 511-60, HB-RCL of the P-3 Flyers aerobatic team, formerly A-873 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at Den ve vzduchu air show, Plasy, April 2016. In the early 1950s, increasing popularity […]

Avia BH-1

28 June 2022 Jacek Domański

Avia BH-1 (airworthy replica, OK-GUU 25 ), flying display at Den ve vzduchu s Plzeňským krajem air show, Plasy, April 2022. On 19th June 1919, two Czech engineers, Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn, founded an […]

Perfect opening of the Czech air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2022

23 May 2022 Jacek Domański

Aviation event held annually at Aeroklub Plasy airfield is the traditional opener of the Czech air show season. This year, the show returned after a two-year gap caused by coronavirus outbreak – and it was […]