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2018May Prague
2018May Prague
Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely
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Sep 02, 2018
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2018May Prague
Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely
Sep 02, 2018
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2018May Prague
Day 4 Aviation Museum Kbely
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364663
Arriving by Uber at the main gate of the Air Force base at Kbely rather than the museum.
Kbely, Czechia. Left my iPhone in the Uber car, but the driver brought it back to where we got dropped off. Gave him a big tip!
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364662
Walking east 1200 ft gets us to the entrance of the Prague Aviation Museum, Letecké muzeum Kbely
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
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Quite a long history of Czech fighting machines
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364660
Our first plane of the day, an IL-18 hijacked to Frankfurt in 1978. Missing outer wing panels.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364659
SA-2 Guideline and launcher on display near the toilets.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364658
SA-2 Guideline anti-aircraft missile and launcher guarding the toilets.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364657
First Soviet era jet fighter spotted! Mig-17F Fresco C.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364656
Antonov An-24V, Nato: Coke,7109, short-range utility aircraft.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364655
Czech roundel on tail of Antonov An-24V, 7109, short-range utility aircraft.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364654
Czech lion on fuselage of Antonov An-24V, 7109, short-range utility aircraft.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364653
Mig-17F Fresco C fighter
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364652
Superwide view of Mig-17F Fresco C fighter
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364651
Nose-on view of Mig-17F Fresco C fighter
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364650
MiG-17PF Fresco D fighter with its Izumrud RP-2 radar.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364649
Nose on view showing radome of MiG-17PF Fresco D fighter with Izumrud RP-2 radar.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364648
Avia Av-14T twin engine transport, license built Ilyushin Il-14 Crate
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364647
Translates to: "Closed for technical reasons." Darn!
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364646
Helicopter row to the south, left PZL-Swidnik Mi-2 Hoplite, right Mil Mi-1 Hare
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364644
Mi-24D Hind-D, looking lethal even when sitting still.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364643
Tail gunner station on Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the Beagle Soviet jet bomber.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364642
Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the Beagle Soviet jet bomber.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364640
Front view of Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the Beagle Soviet jet bomber.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364641
Saab JA 37 Viggen fighter. Why is it in the Czech Republic? The Czechs did purchase Gripens...
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364645
A Northrup F-5 fighter, first flown by South Vietnam, then Vietnamese Socialist Republic.
It was then sent to Czechoslovakia where it was disassembled and studied. Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364639
Closer view of Northrup F-5, looking pretty intact externally.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364638
Nose on view of Northrup F-5 lightweight fighter.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364637
Mi-24D Hind-D up closer. 12.7 mm Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Gatling gun in nose turret.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364636
Superwide front view of Mi-24D Hind-D. It is both a gunship and a transport helicopter.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364635
Superwide nose on view of Mi-24D Hind-D
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364634
Regular wide angle side view of Mi-24D Hind-D
Growing up during the latter part of the Cold War, I have a fascination for Soviet military aircraft and equipment. Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364633
Mil Mi-8T Hip set up as an armed gunship with quad rocket pods.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364629
Mil Mi-8T Hip set up as an armed gunship with rocket pods.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364632
Nose of the Avia Av-14T twin engine transport, license built Ilyushin Il-14 Crate
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364631
Mil Mi-4 Hound set up as a gunship with rocket pods and nose mounted machine gun
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364630
Mil Mi-4 Hound set up as a gunship with rocket pods and nose mounted machine gun
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364628
Il-28 Beagle jet bomber, possibly license built by Avia.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364627
Superwide view of the Ilyushin IL-28RTR Mascot, trainer version of the IL-28 Hound.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364626
Saab J-35J Draaken jet fighter. Still don't know why there is one in the Czech Republic...
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364625
Nose on view of the Saab JA 37 Viggen fighter.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364624
Front view of the Saab JA 37 Viggen fighter. Nose mounted camera system seen well here.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364623
Retired Antonov An-26, pretty recently used with NATO.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364622
Into the hangar nearest the helicopters, detailing the Czechoslovak Air Force 1925-1938
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364621
Aircraft from biplanes to monoplanes as technology advanced in the interwar period.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364620
Beautifully restored Aero A.12 light bomber and recon aircraft from just after WWI.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364619
Aero A.10 passenger plane could carry up to 5 passengers with a cruise speed of 87 mph.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364618
Aero A.10 passenger plane could carry up to 5 passengers with a cruise speed of 87 mph.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364617
Aero A.32 AP-32-25 2E recon and light bomber. Max speed 140mph
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364616
Avia B-534, pre-WWII fighter. Max speed 252 mph.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364615
Cockpit and observation bubble of a Let L-410 Turbolet, light transport.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
https://willischung.slickpic.com/albums/Day-4-Aviation-Museum-Kbely/photo/#15364612
Antonov An-26 Curl, tactical transport, superwide angle view.
Letecké Muzeum Kbely, Kbely, Praha
Day 3 Kampa Museum
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
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