| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | HBIM AK-1 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | HBIM AK-1 |
| Aircraft Version: | HIBM AK-1 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | Turkey - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Fethi |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Ankara - EtimesgutMap |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LTAD IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Ankara Hava Kuvvetleri Müzesi |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 2025 |
| Photo by: | Wim Sonneveld |
| Photo ID: | 830488 |
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Two AK-1 aircraft were produced by the 2nd Air Maintenance Center (HIBM). The project was based on the story of 2 Turkish pilots, Capt. Fethi and Capt. Sadik, who have passed away in the plane crash during their flight from Istanbul to Cairo in a Bleriot XI in 1914. Both AK-1 undertook the same flight and reached to Cairo using the Bleriot XI's similar historic route in 2001. Fethi, is one of them and is preserved in magnificent air museum in Ankara. This photo is copyright © Wim Sonneveld, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 30 July 2025, and has since been viewed 136 times. |