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Z-126, OK-JHD, No. 817, private owners, Chotěboř airfield, 2021

This Z-126 was test-flown on March 3, 1955 and stored afterwards until February 1, 1957. At that time it

was given the OK-JHD matriculation, and the military commission took over this trainer a week later. It was then used by Regional Aero Club Liberec.

Due to its intense service, it had to undergo its first

overhaul in 1959 by LOTN (Trenčín Aircraft Repairs).

The second overhaul followed in 1966 and the third

in 1974, this time at Aerotechnik Kunovice, where the aircraft received a brick orange livery with

a dark red stripe. In this form it was serving until

September 1979. A year later it was deleted from the

register and remained disassembled in the hangar

of the Liberec Aero Club where over the years became a spare parts source. Then, two members of

the Chotěboř Aero Club found it there some 20 years

later and decided to buy it and make it to fly again.

They also wanted their Trener to be given a historically accurate marking. Their first choice was the

design in which the Z-126 OK-IMB flew in the 1970´s

in Chotěboř and neighbor Aero Clubs. However, as

they lacked good reference materials, the choice

fell on the color scheme based on the coloring of

the aircraft of the famous Olomouc woman aerobatic group which was flying in 1957. The OK-JHD

was test-flown in this form on October 13, 2007 in

Otrokovice. Since then, it has been operated on the

Chotěboř airfield and used not only by its owners but

also by other pilots of the local Aero Club.

ACCESSORIES USED:

481084 Z-126/226 Trenér landing flaps (PE-Set)

648681 Z-126 Trener Walter Minor 4 engine PRINT (Brassin)

3DL48044 Z-126 SPACE (3D Decal Set)

June 2022

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