The VZLÚ Tom-8 (Výzkumný a zkušební letecký ústav - Czech Aerospace Research Centre} was the last Czechoslovak design of a training military aircraft with a piston engine. The programme was cancelled and TOM-8 was rescued in very bad condition from the Children's Psychiatric Hospital in Opařany in July 1967, where it was used to entertain the patients. Unfortunately, during restoration the original unique Praga M-208C engine and electrically adjustable V-421 propeller were lost and were replaced by similar ones from a L-60 Brigadyr.

Seen at Alto Vinalopó. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

The A-12 served reliably in the Czechoslovak AF for many years and although 94 were built, no original machine has survived. Therefore, this faithful replica of the A-12 was built in the Trenčín Aviation Repair Works between 1980-82 using original documentation and with a Maybach engine and an original Aero propeller. It is on displayat the Letecké Muzeum Kbely in the standard three-color camouflage from the 1920s, with the badge of Letecky pluk 3 (3rd Air Regiment), which operated at Nitra and from 1928 at Piestany.

The BH-11 prototype first took off on June 17, 1924. The primary customer was the Czechoslovak Air Force, which used the type under the designation B-11, Bš-11 (trainer) and Bk-11 (courier). The BH-11C was the sports version and L-BONK won the air races in the mid-1920s, firstly in Paris and then the Coppa d'Italia, the prestigious race around Rome. It then flew for the Aeroklub Pilsen (as OK-IZZ?) and was stored in the repository of the Museum of West Bohemia, where its condition slowly deteriorated over time. A restoration was completed in 1968 and the plane is now (almost) on display.

Parked at Alcocer de Planes. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

Lying here for years now. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

This Ae-45 was built in 1949 and served as '491' with the Czechoslovak Air Force in the 50th Liaison Air Regiment based at Klecany. The plane was decomisiioned in 1959, given the registration OK-DMO and allocated to Svazam Prague (the Czech equivalent to DOSAAF). The plane later flew with Aeroklub Tábor and is now on display in the main hangar of the Letecké Muzeum Kbely.

The Czechoslovak AF operated a total of six An-24V and when the country split into the Czech and Slovak Republics, four (2904, 5803, 7109 and 7110) went to the newly formed Air Force of the former and two (2903, 5605) to the latter. Two of the Czech frames were immediately put into storage and so the Czech AF only operated two planes (5803, 7109). The type was withdrawn from service on 26 October 2005

This is the tenth plane of the pre-production test series and flew at the VZS-031 Kbely Military Research Centre. It finished its flying life with a total time of 180 hours and was transferred to the Letecké Muzeum Kbely in may 1968.

The aircraft was manufactured at the end of 1983 and served with the 1st Transport Air Regiment. Its last flight took place on September 20, 2012 and was decomissioned with 5,650 flight hours and 11,900 cycles. The plane came to the Letecké Muzeum Kbely in 2018.

The Farmer-E was taken on by Czechoslovak Air Force in february 1961 and served in the 11. stíhací letecký pluk (11th Fighter Air Regiment) in Zatec and from 1965 with the 4. stíhací letecký pluk (4th Fighter Air Regiment) in Pardubice. The last flight was made in March, 1970 and In total the aircraft made 836 take-offs with a total time of 722 hours and 11 minutes. The plane was transferred to the Letecké Muzeum Kbely on April 20, 1970.

This cockpit-nose section of this Flogger-H is on display in the main hangar at the Letecké Muzeum Kbely. The plane was taken on charge by the 28. stíhací bombardovací letecký pluk (28th Fighter Bomber Air Regiment) in July 1983 and was decomissioned in December 1992.

This Š-218 first flew with the Aviation School Prostějov and then was acquired by the Central Slovak Aeroclub Zvolen. It was registered OK-ZOB in April 1936 upon its return to the parent factory Letov, which later transferred it to the collection of the National Technical Museum. The plane was transported to the Letecké Muzeum Kbely in September 1978, and its renovation began shortly thereafter. It has been on display since 1981 in the markings it wore at the Prostějov school.

If I have understood correctly. four Z-226A Trenér aircraft were selected to receive additional modificatiions for aerobatics to become the Z-226AS (Akrobat Special) version. This plane was stored at Aeroklub Jihlava after it was out of time and was acquired by the Letecké Muzeum Kbely in 1986 for display.

The development of a Czech light multi-purpose helicopter began at the end of the 1950s. Hover test flights of the Zlin XZ-35 prototype established that the design was quite successful but that a more powerful engine was required. Installation of the larger, more powerful six-cylinder Avia M-337 engine necessitated the ugly bulge in the nose and the design was named Z-135. It was looking goob but then the Czechoslovak government decided to stop all helicopter development in the country. In 1974 this sinle prototype was handed over to the Letecké Muzeum Kbely for display.

The Mi-4 Hound served in Czechoslovakia from 1956 until 1986 and this example is on display at the Letecké Muzeum Kbely.

This plane was originally constructed as a DC-3 and delivered to Pan American World Airways in October 1937 as NC18119. It is perhaps more familar as the C-47 that sat on the the grass at Prague airport as the retro CSA aircraft OK-XDM. It is a new exhibit to the Kbely museum but in these fake markings.

Towards the end of WWII, a large number of Bf-109 G and K fighters were abandoned in Czechoslovakia by the retreating German forces. As the original engines were in short supply, the newly formed Czechoslovak AF put them into service with a different powerplant to form the Avia S-199. Between 1947 and 1951, 450 single-seat S-199s as well as 82 two-seat CS-199 trainers were built. The Avia S-199 was the standard Czechoslovak AF fighter until the first half of the 1950 with the last one retired in 1957. This example (cn 178) was restored using parts rescued from a scrapyard in Olomouc in 1969.

Towards the end of WWII, a large number of Bf-109 G and K fighters were abandoned in Czechoslovakia by the retreating German forces. As the original engines were in short supply, the newly formed Czechoslovak AF put them into service with a different powerplant to form the Avia S-199. However, this also necessitated that a trainer version be developed and this led to the two-seat CS-199 variant. Between 1947 and 1951, 450 single-seat S-199s and 82 two-seat CS-199s were built. This CS-199 has been retored in the colours it wore whilst serving with the Aviation School Prostějov.