The first WA-28. Wearing show code "118".

Slide taken by Mr. Kurt Thomsen.

Pictured performing a super display at this wonderful show.

After the success of the Let L.410 twin engine turboprop in the late 70s, Aeroflot requested a possible replacement for its An-24 aircraft. However, the collapse of the Soviet Union left the project vulnerable and attempts to 'Westernise' the plane were unsuccessful. Only eight aircraft were built (6 flying and 2 for structural tests). This is the fifth prototype, delivered to the Czech AF to support manufacturer's certification and test flights process and now on display at the Letecké Muzeum Kunovice.

In pre-WWII Czechoslovakia, the Tatra company obtained a license in 1935 to produce Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann aircraft, which were then given the designation Tatra T-131. After the end of the war, it was decided to continue production and this example was built in 2003 by Historical Aircraft Services Karasiewicz in Poland. The aircraft is painted blue as the original owner was related to the WWI fighter ace Georg von Hantelmann, whose blue Fokker D.VII is pictured on the tail.