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OK-JGD, No. 860, Kolín Aero Club, Czechoslovakia, 1980´s

This Trenér was produced in 1955 and subsequently

stored. Svazarm took it over on July 7, 1956 and on

August 10 of the same year it was taken over by the

Regional Aero Club Olomouc. There flew the OK-JGD

Trenér until December 1960, then it was handed over

to the Regional Aero Club Ostrava. In the 1980s and

1990s it served with Kolín Aero Club, which sold it

to private hands on October 22, 2010. Nowadays, the

whole aircraft is painted in yellow and bears the emblem of the Aero Club of Kolín on the rudder.

OK-IGA, No. 766, PZO Motokov, Beijing, China, April 1955

This aircraft was manufactured in 1954 and taken

over by Motokov company on April 3 the same year.

Motokov was one of the companies responsible for

foreign trade in then Czechoslovakia. The aircraft

was transported disassembled together with another

one (OK-IFV) to be exhibited in China. The OK-IGA was

destined for a static demonstration at the Beijing

Exhibition Center, while the OK-IFV was assembled

at a nearby airport to perform flight displays. These

unfortunately ended in a crash and injuries to both

pilots. After returning home, the OK-IGA was sold to

than GDR at the end of October 1956. There it served

the needs of the army there. From April 1962 to September 1972, it flew as DM-WAE.

OK-IFG, No. 746, Kunovice Aero Club, Czech Republic, 1994

This Trenér was test-flown on April 24, 1954 and in

July the same year was assigned to the Regional Aero

Club Olomouc. He served there from 1955 for training

and group aerobatics. At that time, the Aero Club Olomouc was a hatchery of aerobatic pilots and several

aerobatic groups were active there. One of them was

an all-girls group, where Eva Krenčová flew OK-IFG

since 1957. By that time the original green paint was

replaced by cream color with a red nose. In the fo-

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llowing years the OK-IFG was serving with various

Aero Clubs of North Moravia region until 1963. It was

stored than for ten years. At the end of 1973, it underwent a third overhaul at the Aerotechnik company in

Kunovice and was put back into service. From 1981, it

served with the Aero Club Kunovice and after another

overhaul in 1988 the Tréner No. 746 received a retro

military green-blue paintjob. Later yellow stripes

were added to the wing and fuselage to mimic the

military training aircraft even more. In 1995, OK-IFG

was used for the filming of the TV series "The Land

Gone Wild" and it received a temporary paint job of

green color on the bottom surfaces as requested by

the filmmakers. On October 11, Albert Orlita made the

last flight of this Trenér and the aircraft was handed

over to the Kunovice Aviation Museum, where it is on

display today.

INFO Eduard

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