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Z-126, OK-IVA, No. 737, private owner, Slaný airfield, 2021

This aircraft was produced in 1954 and received the OK-IFB matriculation. It served with the Košice Aero Club from May 15, 1954

and subsequently was used at Nitra airfield as a training aircraft for students of the College of Transportation in Žilina. After that,

it was used by the Holíč Aeroclub. In 1992 the aircraft was at the end of its technical lifespan and transferred to Slušovice, where

it was stored. Subsequently it was moved to Kunovice. Since 1998 it is in private hands. During 1999 - 2000 period it underwent

a major overhaul at ZLIN-AVION Service and after that it was sold and operated again at the Kunovice airfield. In 2017, it changed

hands again and is operated from Slaný airfield today, where it is stored in the hangar of the Točná Aero Club. The aircraft has

a non-standard flash beacon on the top of the vertical fin.

Z-126, OK-HLK, No. 722, Kunovice Aero Club, 1970

This Trener served with the army from February 5, 1954, when the Ministry of Defence took it over and used it as C 105-220. Later

it was transferred to Uherské Hradiště and flew in Kunovice Aero Club, where in 1969 the powered flying was re-established. After

reaching its technical life limit, it was stored in the depository of the Technical Museum Brno and handed over to the Brno company

Šperlík later. Thanks to the company´s efforts, it was overhauled in Aerotechnik Kunovice. In August 2007, the aircraft had a severe

crash in Vysoké Mýto. However, but it was repaired again and is still flying today in new elegant white and blue coloring. Attractive

period coloring corresponds to the habits of the Kunovice Aero Club at that time, including the drawing of a “flying witch” on the

nose.

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INFO Eduard - January 2022