czechoslovakia

Hi, the VZLU (Výzkumný a zkušební letecký ústav) or Czech Aerospace Research Centre was formed in 1922,as a military aeronautical research institute,later I will talk about its aircraft and Projects.

Hi, we can speak here about CKD-Praga early Projects,and that was a drawing to early Praga E-112 Project drawing from 1938,as a light and trainer low-wing monoplane,after WWII,the aircraft built in a different shape. L+K 8/1975

Tatra Aircraft Designations - Závody Ringhoffer-Tatra as* The Ringhoffer-Tatra Works of Prague (Praha-Smíchov) produced a range of aircraft and aero-engine designs in the late 1930s. Both aircraft and engines had 'T' prefixed type designations. Tatra applied a separate 'T' series designations...

Here are some pictures of postwar Letov designs I described at http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5788.msg87405.html#msg87405. All from Nĕmeček's book.

Hi, from Airwarfareforum site and from my dear Jon; http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8927&highlight=tatra

Aero B-34 - attack aircraft proposed in 1958 as Il-10 replacement. It was powered by one RD-9 engine without afterburner rated at 29 kN. Weapons consisted of two 23 mm canons NR-23, unguided bombs or unusual solutions like 80 unguided rockets (55mm LR-55) in two rounded receptacles around...

Hi, here is Aero A.10 light transport aircraft.

Interesting projects from czech archives. In secod half of the 50s Ing. Jaroslav Schlechta started to materialize his idea about militarized version of light utility helicopter HC-3. First was HC-3A (OK-VZB) with M 360 RF engine (rebulit soviet AI 14 VF - 221 kW). It had on every side rocket...