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Tupolev Tu-154M

Tupolev Tu-154M (c/n 89A-815, RA-85849 of КОСМОС производственное объединение / KOSMOS Airlines), approaching runway of Václav Havel Airport Prague, January 2013. Tupolev Tu-154 – together with two other airliners, Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-134 – […]

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Aero A-10

Aero A-10 (c/n 3, L-BALB), exhibited at Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), August 2022. In 1921, one of the pioneering Czechoslovak air carrier companies, Československá letecká akciová společnost – Čs.L.A.S. (Czechoslovak aviation joint-stock […]

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Spitfire Butterflies

In May of 2024, a new cause célébre attracted attention of Prague citizens and visitors – an installation of two giant ´Spitfire Butterfly´ sculptures mounted on the façade of Máj (English: May) department store. The […]

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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 […]

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Saab 2000

Saab 2000 (c/n 015, HB-IZJ of the Darwin Airline), approaching the runway of Praha-Ruzyně airport, Prague, July 2013. In the mid-1980s, the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab AB entered the civil aviation market with a short-haul […]