Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely

The Aviation Museum Kbely (Czech: Muzeum Letecké Kbely ) is a museum in the north-eastern County 19 Kbely the Czech capital Prague, about eight kilometers from the city center on the Mladoboleslavská Ulice. The museum is operated by the Military History Institute of the Czech Armed Forces and is located on the grounds of the military airfield Prague Kbely. In it, a cross section through the history of aviation in the former (until 1993 ) Czechoslovak and Czech today (since 1993) Air Force is represented since 1918. The Aviation Museum Kbely with its stock of nearly 300 aircraft, of which about half of the audience, one of the largest aircraft museums in Europe.

  • 3.1 aircraft
  • 3.2 helicopter
  • 3.3 rarities

History

Kbely was already at the beginning of the 20th century a military airfield, which was used after the First World War for occasional flight demonstrations. In October 1923, the first scheduled flight from here to Bratislava from the CSA Czechoslovak Airlines was then newly founded ( now called the Czech Airlines, Czech: České CSA aerolinie ) started. Currently, the airport is mainly used by the Czech military for flight tests.

The first large, yet improvised aircraft exhibition was organized here in 1967. In 1968 the Aviation Museum was officially established. Gradually, the museum was expanded from one to five halls and several large open spaces in the following years.

Building the museum

In five elaborately designed hangars and on several open areas as well as in various magazines almost 300 aircraft are merged. The permanent collection includes over 100 models in the halls, more than two dozen in open areas and about a dozen still airworthy aircraft in the area of the airfield. About half of the aircraft in a very different state of preservation are currently housed in areas not directly accessible magazine.

Thematically, visitors are guided through the history of Czechoslovak and Czech military aviation since 1918:

Echo

  • Hall Czechoslovak Air Force 1918-1924
  • Hall Czechoslovak Air Force 1925-1938
  • Hall Second World War with a special pilot uniforms
  • Hall First jet aircraft
  • Hall Czechoslovak Air Force 1945-1990

Open spaces

  • Open space helicopter
  • Open space combat aircraft with jet engines
  • Open space vehicles and other aircraft since 1945

Exhibited aircraft

The collection contains military machines of various designs, propeller aircraft, as well as single-or twin-engine types, and helicopter. Special emphasis is placed on the presentation of the Czechoslovak models since the first developments in the early 20th century, including exhibits of the Czechoslovak (now Czech ) types Aero and Avia. Also American, Soviet (now Russian or Ukrainian ), Swedish and aircraft of other nations are exhibited chronologically ordered.

Aircraft

To see include these types of aircraft:

  • Aero L -39 "Albatros"
  • Aero 45
  • Avia Ba -122
  • Antonov An-24 NATO code "Coke "
  • CAC -27 Sabre ( Australian variant of the North American F -86)
  • Avia 14M ( variant of the Il -14)
  • Avia 14T ( variant of the Il -14)
  • Ilyushin Il -18 NATO code " Coot "
  • Ilyushin Il -28 NATO code "Beagle"
  • Yakovlev Yak -17 NATO code "Type 16" / "Feather"
  • Lissunow Li -2 NATO code "Cab " ( variant of the DC-3 )
  • McDonnell F -4 " Phantom"
  • MiG -15 NATO code " Fagot B"
  • MiG -17 NATO code " Fresco"
  • MiG -21 NATO code " Fishbed F"
  • MiG- 23MF NATO code " Flogger B"
  • Orličan L -40 " Meta Sokol "
  • Northrop F-5E "Tiger II"
  • Praga E -114 "Air Baby"
  • Saab 37 " Viggen "
  • Sukhoi Su- 7BKL NATO code " Fitter B"
  • Sukhoi Su -22M NATO code " Fitter K "
  • Sukhoi Su-25 NATO code " Frogfoot "
  • Tupolev Tu- 104A NATO code "Camel "
  • Tupolev Tu -154 NATO Code " Careless "
  • Zlín 22 " Junak "
  • Zlín Z- 50LS

Helicopter

The history of military helicopters is exemplified by these models:

  • Aero HC -2 Heli Baby
  • Mil Mi -1 NATO code " Hare "
  • Mil Mi-2 NATO code " Hoplite "
  • Mil Mi -4 NATO code " Hound"
  • Mil Mi -24 NATO code " Hind D"

Rarities

A number in any other museum more existing rarities are on display, including are:

  • Aero XL- 29 " Delfin " (prototype)
  • Avia BH -11
  • Avia CS -92 (variant of the Me -262)
  • Avia S-92 (variant of the Me -262)
  • Avia CS -199 ( trainer version, two-seat variant of the Me Bf 109)
  • Avia S -199 ( single-seat variant of the Me Bf 109)
  • SPAD S.VII ( biplane )

The exhibition of the aircraft is complemented by a variety of other exhibits, such as the UAV system VR-3 Rejs (variant of the Tupolev Tu- 143- drone ), ejection seats, engines, small models, an extensive history of flight suits and uniforms, a radar installation and various other dioramas.

All exhibits are explained in detail in Czech and English.

Admission is free. The museum is accessible by public transport from the station Letňany Metro C from reachable by local bus (as of August 2011).

List of aerospace museums Tupolev Tu-104 Aero Vodochody Aero L-39 Albatros Avia B.122 Ilyushin Il-14 Ilyushin Il-18 Ilyushin Il-28 Lisunov Li-2 Sukhoi Su-7 Sukhoi Su-22 Aero HC-2 Heli Baby Aero L-29 Delfín Avia S-199 List of Prague Metro stations
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