Praga E.114
The Praga E.114 was a single-engine light aircraft the Czechoslovakian firm CKD - Praga. Due to its low weight, it is also referred to as Air baby.
Development
Constructed it was Jaroslav Šlechta than shoulder-wing monoplane. The prototype first flew in September 1934 and has been presented in the same year at the Paris Air Show to the public.
The serial production began in 1935 with a 29 kW motor Praga B ( a replica of the Aeronca E.113 engine ), a year later, more powerful version of E.115 appeared with a 44 -kW Praga D engine. With this type several state records were set. The second prototype ( OK PGB later G- ADXL ) excited with a flight from Lympne (Kent) to Cape Town stir. He put 14,722 km back in 16 days and 4.5 hours.
On Sternenflug for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin- ranking village two E.114 participated. The pilots Fuksa and Polma won so in the rankings of the International Star flight, the first two places. The number of points achieved by them was by far higher than those of their competitors. Their haul services were quite comparable with those of the other, equipped with much more powerful engines competitor aircraft.
The British company Hills & Sons acquired the license rights and built the E.114 as Praga baby. A titled as E.117 version with tricycle landing gear did not go to series.
After the Second World War, the production as E.114D ( with Praga D) and E.114M ( with Walter Mikron III) was resumed, 100 pieces were produced in 1946 in Prague and 26 pieces in Letov.