Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely by Willis Chung

2018May Prague 2018May Prague

Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely

By Willis Chung
Sep 02, 2018
140 Photos

Willis Chung's Gallery

2018May Prague 2018May Prague

Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely

Sep 02, 2018
140 Photos

Day 3 Kampa Museum

Day 3 Kampa Museum

Day 4 Prague IKEA, Kbely flowers

Day 4 Prague IKEA, Kbely flowers

Day 0+1: Airport and Open House Praha

Day 2: Invalidovna

Day 2: Regina DAB Praha, Central Telecommunication Building CETIN

Day 2: Sunset at Old Town Hall Tower

Day 3 Kampa Museum

Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely

Day 4 Prague IKEA, Kbely flowers

Day 5 Aerovka Hangars at Letňany, IKEA Prague

Day 5 Lennon Wall, walk to Petrin Hill

Day 5 Petrin Hill and Charles Bridge

Day 6 Powder Tower, Palladium Mall

Day 6 Klementium

Day 6 Prague Public Library, St. Nicholas Church

Day 7 Dawn on Charles Bridge

Day 7 St. Nicholas Church Bell Tower

Day 7 Great Fürstenberg Garden

Day 7 Paddleboat on the Vltava River

Day 7 The Night of Churches

Day 8 Old Town Bridge Tower to Strahov Monastery

Day 8 Sunset at Old Town Bridge Tower

Day 9 Our Old Town Praha Apartment, Homeward Bound

Arriving by Uber at the main gate of the Air Force base at Kbely rather than the museum.

Walking east 1200 ft gets us to the entrance of the Prague Aviation Museum, Letecké muzeum Kbely

Quite a long history of Czech fighting machines

Our first plane of the day, an IL-18 hijacked to Frankfurt in 1978. Missing outer wing panels.

SA-2 Guideline and launcher on display near the toilets.

SA-2 Guideline anti-aircraft missile and launcher guarding the toilets.

First Soviet era jet fighter spotted! Mig-17F Fresco C.

Antonov An-24V, Nato: Coke,7109, short-range utility aircraft.

Czech roundel on tail of Antonov An-24V, 7109, short-range utility aircraft.

Czech lion on fuselage of Antonov An-24V, 7109, short-range utility aircraft.

Mig-17F Fresco C fighter

Superwide view of Mig-17F Fresco C fighter

Nose-on view of Mig-17F Fresco C fighter

MiG-17PF Fresco D fighter with its Izumrud RP-2 radar.

Nose on view showing radome of MiG-17PF Fresco D fighter with Izumrud RP-2 radar.

Avia Av-14T twin engine transport, license built Ilyushin Il-14 Crate

Translates to:

Helicopter row to the south, left PZL-Swidnik Mi-2 Hoplite, right Mil Mi-1 Hare

Mi-24D Hind-D, looking lethal even when sitting still.

Tail gunner station on Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the Beagle Soviet jet bomber.

Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the Beagle Soviet jet bomber.

Front view of Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the Beagle Soviet jet bomber.

Saab JA 37 Viggen fighter. Why is it in the Czech Republic? The Czechs did purchase Gripens...

A Northrup F-5 fighter, first flown by South Vietnam, then Vietnamese Socialist Republic.

Closer view of Northrup F-5, looking pretty intact externally.

Nose on view of Northrup F-5 lightweight fighter.

Mi-24D Hind-D up closer. 12.7 mm Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Gatling gun in nose turret.

Superwide front view of Mi-24D Hind-D. It is both a gunship and a transport helicopter.

Superwide nose on view of Mi-24D Hind-D

Regular wide angle side view of Mi-24D Hind-D

Mil Mi-8T Hip set up as an armed gunship with quad rocket pods.

Mil Mi-8T Hip set up as an armed gunship with rocket pods.

Nose of the Avia Av-14T twin engine transport, license built Ilyushin Il-14 Crate

Mil Mi-4 Hound set up as a gunship with rocket pods and nose mounted machine gun

Mil Mi-4 Hound set up as a gunship with rocket pods and nose mounted machine gun

Il-28 Beagle jet bomber, possibly license built by Avia.

Superwide view of the Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the IL-28 Hound.

Saab J-35J Draaken jet fighter. Still don't know why there is one in the Czech Republic...

Nose on view of the Saab JA 37 Viggen fighter.

Front view of the Saab JA 37 Viggen fighter. Nose mounted camera system seen well here.

Retired Antonov An-26, pretty recently used with NATO.

Into the hangar nearest the helicopters, detailing the Czechoslovak Air Force 1925-1938

Aircraft from biplanes to monoplanes as technology advanced in the interwar period.

Beautifully restored Aero A.12 light bomber and recon aircraft from just after WWI.

Aero A.10 passenger plane could carry up to 5 passengers with a cruise speed of 87 mph.

Aero A.10 passenger plane could carry up to 5 passengers with a cruise speed of 87 mph.

Aero A.32 AP-32-25 2E recon and light bomber. Max speed 140mph

Avia B-534, pre-WWII fighter. Max speed 252 mph.

Cockpit and observation bubble of a Let L-410 Turbolet, light transport.

Antonov An-26 Curl, tactical transport, superwide angle view.

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