Brána do historie title screen.

TV Series (2015 - 2017)

Starring:
Jakub Vrána (narrator)

The gate to history (Brána do historie) maps the essential moments of Czech and Czechoslovak history. In cooperation with the Military Historical Institute Prague, reporter Jakub Vrána will bring exclusive information, unique photographs and film footage.
Note : this page will list only episode featuring aircraft.

Episode 1 Epizody z konce 2 sv války

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Episode 2 Československo proti nacismu

Unidentified Aircraft

Arado Ar 65

Dornier Do 24

Arado Ar 68F

Heinkel He 51

Avia B-534

Wallpaper is displaying Avia B-534s during an air parade.

Avia B-534 ?

Avia B-534, 2nd series, of 32th squadron, 4th Air Regiment (Letecký pluk č. 4).

Avia F.39 (license built Fokker F.IX)

Potez 542

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Bloch MB.200 & Farman F.222

Farman in foreground of several Bloch 200.

Farman 222.

Zlín Z-43

Bloch MB.200

Three different aircrafts of the French Air Force.

Aero MB.200

Aero MB.200 (c/n 86) of the 6th Squadron.

Aero MB.200 (c/n 36) of the 6th Air Group, 86th Squadron.

Amiot 144

The Amiot 144 is a prototype with a retractable gear as main difference with the type 143. But the wing is brand new too (reduced wing area) and the manufacturer never solved some aileron malfunction so State Experimental Center had rejected the aircraft.

Bloch MB.300 & Farman F.222

Episode 3 Okupace Československa

Douglas DC-2

Two DC-2s of KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines.

Perhaps PH-AJU nowadays but (if right), the real registration is NC39165 (c/n 1404)). The original PH-AJU is under heavy restoration after years of gate guardian on a pole.

Douglas DC-3-194C

Reg. PH-ARE Douglas DC-3-194C c/n 1981. Later reg. PK-AFZ.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Reg. PH-PBA was a former C-47 c/n 19434 s/n 42-100971. It served as the government plane (PBA stand for Prince Bernhard Alpha) from 1946 (anachronism regarding the subject).

Episode 6 Pražské povstání

Ar 396A-2

Arado Ar 396A-2 Wr Nr 460042.

Episode 7 Konec 2 světové války v Československu

Lavochkin La-5F

Lavochkin La-5F code 71.

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik

Episode 9 Předválečná československá vojenská technika

Unidentified Aircraft

Episode 10 Migy na dálnici D1

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 F-13

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PF

Mil Mi-8

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 MF

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 BN

Episode 12 Tragédie Velké války

Unidentified Aircraft

Episode 15 Modrý den

Short movie (1953) about the National meeting.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 & Ilyushin Il-14

Letov LF-107 Luňák

Reg. OK-0877.

Reg. OK-O841.

Reg OK-0821.

Pleško SP-2 & Unidentified Sailplane

Reg. OK-3098 Pleško SP-2 and unknown OK-8742.

Ilyushin Il-10

Yakovlev Yak-23 Flora (S-101)

Yakovlev Yak-23 (known as Flora among NATO pilots) soldiered on Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force) from 1949. Among the twenty S-101 used by Czechoslovakia, we can see IF-10, IF-11, IF-13, IF-15 & IF-17.

Aero S-102

At least forty S-102 in a sight !

The main visual difference between a S-102 (MiG-15) and a S-103 (MiG-15 bis) is the shape of the speedbrake.

Aero S-102 speedbrake.

Zlin Z-24 Krajánek

Reg. OK-8?34 (and Habicht OK-8118 in the background).

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Zlin Z-381 (C-106)

Airframes produced for the Československé vojenské letectvo were named C-106 by the Air force.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis

MiG-15 bis of the Moscow Military District PVO aerobatic display team, the 'Red Falcons'.

Episode 17 První léta nové totality

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Closing the cockpit.

Episode 19 Mobilizace 1938

Avia B-534 Series II

Avia F.39 (license built Fokker F.IX)

Avia B-534 Series IV

Episode 26 Transport historických exponátů

Filmed at Múzejné oddelenie Piešťany (Museum of Military History, Piešťany, Slovakia) on 2012.

Mikoyan MiG-29 A

MiG-29A s/n 7702 (c/n 2960526377) from 11 Sqn, Czech Air Force. In December 1995 the Czech Republic sold her to Poland where she's now flying as '77'.

MiG-29A s/n 8003 (c/n 2960526380). After the break-up of Czechoslovakia on December 31st 1992, she soldiered on for Slovakia. Last flight on February 13, 1995. At the Military History Museum in Piestany from 14 March 2012.

Let L-410 Turbolet

Two airframes in the background.

Yakovlev Yak-11

Painted in green at right. Unidentified yellow glider is hung to the ceiling.

Mil Mi-24 & Mil Mi-8

Background. The Mil Mi-24 noze is covored.

Episode 29 Technické památky v Česku

Location : Národní technické muzeum (National Technical Museum), Prague, Czech Republic.

Kantor-Kuklik Racek 3 & Praha PB.3

Reg. OK-8340 Kantor-Kuklik Racek 3 hung alongside a Praha PB.3. Between their two white wings, we guess the Etrich E.VIII Limusina. Bottom, we guess the two-seat Avia BH-9 by the flag paint on its wing.

Various Aircraft

1 : Praha PB.3
2 : Etrich E.VIII Limusina
3 : Knoller C II (1917) which hides a Supermarine Spitfire (LF Mk.IXE on the ground among cars)
4 : Reg. OK-AVO Avia BH-10 - Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
5 : Reg. OK-IRF Zlin_Z-50 LA

Zanonia

Built by Igo Etrich and Ing. Wals (or Wats ?) (around 1900-1905).
Seen again in the background of Simunek VBS-1 Kunkaldo on Čekání na Patrika.

Zlin Z-XIII & Kašpar JK (Upgraded Blériot XI)

In front of the Zlin Z-XIII (reg. OK-TBZ), the plane that Jan Kašpar used on 16 April 1910 for the first indigenous flight in the Czech lands. It's a Blériot XI (c/n 76) the flyer modified before its famous long-haul flight which took place on 13 May 1911.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Episode 31 Unikátní exponáty VHÚ

Petlyakov Pe-2

Aero C-3A

Aero C-3A (serial LB-05, c/n 226) at Prague Aviation Museum, just under the Let L-13 Blanik (reg. OK-4835) and (top right) OK-9801 Vyvojova Skupina Morava VSM-40 Demant.

Episode 33 Kapitoly 2. Světové války

Messerschmitt Bf 109 D

Messerschmitt Bf 110 D

Probably BM+BL.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Various Supermarine Spitfire

Same footage in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF in front of Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3143 NN-D at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. Aircraft lost on the 16th October 1940.

Boulton Paul Defiant

Foreground of a flypast of Hurricanes.

Unidentified Aircraft

Vickers Wellington

Petlyakov Pe-2 & Lisunov Li-2

Lavochkin La-5F

Episode 37 Konec první republiky

Douglas DC-2

One of the four Douglas DC-2 used by C.L.S. Československá Letecká Společnost.

(Probably) Reg. OK-AIC. If right, this aircraft has had a tumultuous service life but ended in a museum.

Unidentified Aircraft

Episode 38 Českoslovenští letci ve Velké Británii

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vb

No. 1659 Conversion Unit RAF.

Some of the numerous fighters used by No. 310 (Czech) Squadron RAF.

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vb NN-Y EE768.

De Havilland DH98 Mosquito

Mosquito EW-L bring back at base an unfortunate pilot.

Consolidated Liberator B Mk III

Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow

Ignition !

Episode 41 Cíl: Svoboda

Vickers Wellington Mk X

Vickers Wellington Mk X MF628, Royal Air Force Museum, London.
This aircraft (actually T Mk 10 with overall silver paint) made several flight for use in filming of The Dam Busters. The front gun turret was restored only in 1981. At Cosford for restoration since 2010.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Morane-Saulnier MS.406

Avro Anson

Vickers Wellington Mk IC

311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF .

Vickers Wellington Mk I or Mk XIV ?

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Consolidated Liberator GR Mk V

Note the eight zero-length rocket launchers on sides of the forward fuselage.

Another with chin radome housing the ASV Mark III radar.

Episode 42 Nepokořená křídla

1990 Boscombe Down Air Show.
On this poster are visible (from left to right) Avro Vulcan, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 3 General Dynamics F-111s, Rockwell B-1B Lancer, Panavia Tornado under two aerobatic flight display teams : Red Arrows on Hawk and SPANISH AGUILA on CASA C-101 aviojet. And of course a Supermarine Spitfire.

Various Supermarine Spitfire

1990 Air Show (those of archive footage are listed later).

Various Aircraft

Lockheed C-5 A Galaxy & Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic

Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic in the green box.

Surrounding the Lockheed C-5 A Galaxy,
1 : Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C1 s/n XS646 of RAE (Royal Aerospace Establishment, or Royal Aircraft Establishment before 1988)
2 & 4 : Lockheed P-3C Orion
3 : BAC One-Eleven, RAE
5 : Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic

Yellow and Red boxes : unidentified aircraft;
Orange box : Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2
Green box : Boeing 727

Rockwell B-1B Lancer

Rockwell B-1B Lancer s/n 86-0111.

Various Warbirds

Background line with Lockheed P-3C Orions at left, C-5A Galaxy (center) and tail of Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic.
Two Supermarine Spitfires hidden by Hawker Hurricane (for XR-T, see bottom);
Reg. D-FEHD Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon c/n 213; named C.4K-40 by Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force), she was later converted to Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 (engine Daimler-Benz DB 605 in place of Hispano Suiza HS 12Z-89, etc ...).
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
(Foreground) SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II NJ+C11(see bottom).

Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle

Aero L-39CT Albatros

Aero L-39 CT c/n 533216 airshow number 186.

Avro Vulcan B.2

Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558

LET L-410 Turbolet

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E

Aerobatic demonstration team of the French Air Force (Patrouille de France).

Nord N.1002 Pingouin II

Reg. G-ATBG Nord N.1002 Pingouin II serial NJ+C11.

Hawker Hurricane Mk XIIa

Reg. G-HURI Hurricane Mk XIIa painted in RAF markings as Z3781 coded XR-T of No 71 Eagle Sqdn.
Now (from 2015) wearing colors of Mk1 P3700, coded RF-E. No. 303 (Polish) Sqdn.
In 2004, seen as Z5140 coded HA-C of No. 126 Sqdn.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Royal Air Force Museum. (several of these aircraft are under survey until 2018 and could be not visible to actual visitors).
Frequently Seen Aircraft

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4/R6

Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4/R6 (werknummer 730301).

foreground left : Spitfire; right : Ju 88.

Yellow wing tip of the Bf 110 with left engine of the Heinkel He 111 behind. (center) Hurricane and (center right) Spitfire.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I & Junkers Ju 88 R-1

(front) Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I (s/n X4590) PR-F and Junkers Ju 88 R-1 (werknummer 360043) in the background.

Hawker Hurricane Mk I & Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1

Hawker Hurricane Mk. I (s/n P2617) code AF-F.
Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 (werknummer 701152).

Junkers Ju 88 R-1 & Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1

Junkers Ju 88 R-1 with (right foreground) left engine of the Heinkel He 111.

Junkers Ju 87 G-2 Stuka

Junkers Ju 87 G-2 Stuka (werknummer 494083).

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4/R6 & Junkers Ju 88 R-1 & Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

A few seconds later, we can see Bf 109 D (and Bf 110) already seen on Ep. 33.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka & Heinkel He 111 H

Dornier Do 17 Z

Heinkel He 111 H

Barrage balloon

Bristol 149 Blenheim Mk.IV

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I

Same footage in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

August - September 1940.

SH-D a Spitfire Mk I of No. 64 Squadron RAF.

Heinkel He 111 E

Potez 630

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vc

AR55(5?) DU-A of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 (F or G)

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc

Junkers Ju 88 A

Dornier Do 17 Z

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 Yellow 10 W.Nr. 5587, Ofw. Fritz Beeck, 6./JG 51, 24 August 1940.

Messerschmitt Bf 110

Miles M.14A Magister

Beriev MBR-2

Supermarine Walrus

Episode 44 Mig-15

Aero S-102

How to built a MiG-15 ?
Czechoslovakia license built the MiG-15 as S-102, MiG-15 bis as S-103 and MiG-15 UTI as CS-102. Tour inside Aero Vodochody factory from the drawing board ...

resonance testing ...

Junkyard with the various test airframe.

Aero CS-102

Assembly line.

Roll out.

Aero S-103

Episode 45 Vzpomínka na tři rána v Českém lese

Mil Mi-6

Mil Mi-4

Episode 48 Palba na vzdušné cíle z ručních zbraní

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik

Avia B-33

Episode 53 Vojenské manévry u Poličky

Aero A-14

Post-war Hansa-Brandenburg C.I built by Czechoslovakia.

At 23mn12, this one is push out the hangar, engine cowling not in place.

Aero A-18

Episode 54 Letecké závody v Curychu 1937

4th International Aviation Meeting Zurich (1937).

Antonov An-2

Aero A.100

Unidentified Aircraft

Avia Ba.122

Eight Avia Ba.122 team up for the aerobatics competition. Five of them can be identified.
Reg. OK-AMI Avia Ba.122 c/n 17.

Reg. OK-AMK Avia Ba.122 c/n 12.

Some can be identified by their contruction number featuring on wing mast, like OK-AMK which is the 12th airframe built.
This was a way to ease the unbuilt/built of the aircraft since the convo was done with airframe dismantled.

Other Avia Ba.122 seen : OK-AME (c/n 13) and OK-AMF (c/n 14) and OK-AMM (c/n 22).

Avia B-534-IV

Reg. OK-AMN Avia B-534 c/n 201.

Reg. OK-AMP Avia B-534 c/n 203.

Heinkel He 112 V4

Reg. D-IZMY Heinkel He 112 V4 WNr.001293.

Morane-Saulnier MS.225

Morane-Saulnier MS.225s of the French Air Force aerobatics flight, l'Ecole de perfectionnement de l'Armée de l'Air aka the famous Patrouille d'Etampes.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Dornier Do 17 V8

Fieseler Fi 156 A-0 Storch

Reg. D-IJFN Fieseler Fi 156 A-0 c/n 612.

Lioré et Olivier LeO C.30

This International Aviation Meeting had included a category for autogiro but by lack of competitors, only demonstration flights were done. This one with Adjudent Troye at the controls.

Unidentified Glider

Probably the glider handled by Anna Reitsch some minutes before the motor glider (see next section).

DFS Rhönsperber

Reg. (HB-)159 DFS Rhönsperber of Ernest Spahni who motorised her with an Alpha engine in June 1937.

Hawker Fury

Fiat CR.32

Messerschmitt Bf 109

Messerschmitt sent two Bf 109s to Zurich : prototypes V13 and V14.

Reg. D-IPKY prototype V13 seen late in this episode.
Some weeks later, in November, it put the world speed record to 610.95 kilometers per hour.

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun

Reg. D-IETC Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun.

Percival Mew Gull

(Probably) Reg. G-ACND Percival Mew Gull.

SFCA Taupin

Louis Clément in a Taupin won the rally at the Zurich meeting ahead of a large field. He flew 756 km (470 mi) at an average speed of 68 km/h (42 mph).
SFCA stand for Société Française de Construction Aéronautique. The designer of this tandem-wing aircraft was Jean Lignel.

Unidentified Aircraft

Avia F.39

Reg. OK-AMR is the ninth Avia F.39 built.

Fokker F.XVIII

Reg. OK-AIR Fokker F.XVIII c/n 5311 of Československá letecká společnost.
Was first registered as PH-AIR and ended under D-AAIR registration.

De Havilland DH86B Express

Registration G-ADUF, c/n 2334. Built as DH86A converted to DH86B in 1937, delivered to Imperial Airways. Sold to Misr Airwork, registered SU-ACR. Integrated to RAF as HK828 in February 1942. Bought by Gulf Aviation in May 1948, re-registered G-ADUF.

Unidentified Aircraft

Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister

The Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister is hidden by the záběry VHÚ inverted text.

Henschel Hs 123

Douglas DC-2

Douglas DC-2 of Swissair.

Episode 55 Naši vojáci

Aero A-11

Aero A-11 s/n 111 4 L.P. (Air Regiment) Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force).

Avia F.39

Most of the footage has been already seen at episode 02.

Episode 59 Nad žulu pevnější

Avia B-33

Commemoration monument at Nižný Komárnik, Svidník District, Slovakia.
At Fall 1944 heavy fightings occured at the Dukla pass with the support of Soviet Air force using Ilyushin Il-2. An Avia B-33 which is put on the pedestal adorn with the Red Star.

Sukhoi Su-7

Episode 60 Vítězný pochod

Aero C-3A

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Yakovlev Yak-18

Too slow to be fighters.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

On 1st May 1952, MiG-17 was not yet in service.

Episode 62 Rozdělená země

Ilyushin Il-28 & Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

North Korea flypast during 1955.

Episode 64 Na tý louce zelený

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF

Soviet airframes based in Czechkoslovakia with Quick Identification Stripes applied during 1968.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U

Aero S-106

Licence built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 mostly kept confined.

'BAT' insigna of 2.letka, 1.SLP.

Antonov An-8

Aero CS-102

Czech licence built of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI.

Note the Mil Mi-4 seen behind Aero CS-102 taxiing.

Episode 65 Tankistův rok 1968

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 used as target tower.

Episode 69 Pobřeží je klidné

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E

Aerobatic demonstration team of the French Air Force (Patrouille de France) overflying celebration of D-Day in 1988.

Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma

(bottom right) Rotor of the Aérospatiale Puma used by President Mitterrand to join the celebration.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I

Some of the very first 78 Spitfire fitted with a two-blade propeller.

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vb

Messerschmitt Bf 110 E

Hawker Hurricane

Vickers Wellington

North American Mitchell II

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk V

Douglas DB-7 Boston III

Episode 75 Naši výsadkáři

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Douglas C-47 s/n 43-48406.

Other marking seen : D-26.

Episode 79 Zničte cíl 1022!

Aero L-29 Delfin

Aero L-29 Delfin serialed 0902 of the Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force).

Aero L-29R Delfin

Aero L-29R Delfin serialed 9904.

WSK PZL-Świdnik Mi-2

Mil Mi-8 or Mil Mi-2 ?

Episode 81 Společná řeč tankistů

Antonov An-12

Mil Mi-6

Episode 82 Vysazení taktického vzdušného výsadku

All aircraft and helicopter from the Soviet Forces.

Mil Mi-4

Red 23.

Red 31.

Loading a ZiS-2 anti tank gun.

Firing the machine gun of lower gondola.

Tupolev Tu-16

Tupolev Tu-4

Swept by the shockwave of the nuclear blast, a Tupolev Tu-4 (right). Probably an [[::Category: Ilyushin Il-28|Ilyushin Il-28]] surrounded by dust (left).

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis

Red 397.

Episode 83 Skleněná oblaka

Aero A-18

Ilyushin Il-28

Ilyushin Il-28 2305 of the Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force).

Front cockpit.

Aero S-103

Licence built MiG-15 bis.

Episode 84 Cvičný proudový letoun

Aero L-29 Delfin

Aero L-29 Delfin 1417 of the Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force).

Aero L-39C Albatros

Aero L-39 Albatros. Serial seen : 0103 ; 0105 ; 0106 ; 0107 ; 0108 ; 0111 ; 0113 ; 0114.

Various Aircraft

Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely.
Behind Aero L-39C Albatros serial 3905 prototype X-05 (clockwise starting at 9 o'clock) :
(white aircraft hidden by the red tip tank of the L-39) Reg. OO-FRE Zlin Z-22 Junak c/n 82;
Reg. OK-BHM Mráz M-1C Sokol;
Reg. (out of the frame) OK-5629 Zlin Z-23 Honza c/n 128;
Reg. OK-8055 Schneider DFS 108-49 Grunau Baby IIB;
Sukhoi Su-7BM serial 5616 (hidden by ...)
Reg. OK-9801 glider VSM VSM-40 Demant c/n 7 and
Aero L-29 Delfin serial 0010 c/n 190010;
Reg. 12-09 Letov KT-04 (bottom right).
Some of them could be seen in Vraždy v kruhu.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 Fishbed serial 0613 c/n 760613;
Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-17PF c/n 001015 over ...
the brown nose of MiG-21R serial 1501 last owned by 28th fighter bomber regiment between 1993 and 1995 and the yellow VZLU C-02B target (serial 67-031);
with a shark mouth and the bat squadron badge (1st Fighter Air Regt), serial 3922, it's MiG-23MF Flogger-B c/n 13922.

Episode 88 Družba 89

Mil Mi-24 D

Mil Mi-8

Probably a Mil Mi-8 SMT as the command tribune is at a short distance.

Episode 89 Štít 84

Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight & Sikorsky CH-53

BAe Sea Harrier FRS-1

Rockwell B-1A Lancer

Lockheed C-5 A Galaxy

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet A 40+01 (c/n 0001).

Profile

(top to bottom) Yakovlev Yak-9 ; (cutting Ilyushin Il-2) ; Petlyakov Pe-2 ; Yakovlev Yak-17 (under the thumb) ; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis ; Ilyushin Il-28 ; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF ; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19P ; Sukhoi Su-7BKL ; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21M ; Sukhoi Su-20.

Tupolev Tu-154s

Tupolev Tu-154M

Czechoslovak Tu-154M bringing Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal.

Tupolev Tu-154B-2

Reg. CCCP-85464 Tupolev Tu-154B-2 (s/n: 80A464) of Aeroflot bringing Marshal and Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union Dmitry Ustinov.
Aircraft registered UN-85464 for the Kazakhstan Government from 1993.

Note '907' the Hungarian An-24B in the background.

Tupolev Tu-134s

Tupolev Tu-134A

Tupolev Tu-134A of Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines.

Tupolev Tu-134B-3

Reg. LZ-TUT Tupolev Tu-134B-3 s/n 63987 of Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. Built in 1982, scrapped in 08/2011.

Tupolev Tu-134AK

Tupolev Tu-134AK of LSK (Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee - Air Forces of the National People's Army, East Germany). Possibly 181 (s/n: 35180) or 184 (s/n: 63952) or 186 (s/n: 46155).

Reg. CCCP-65984 (later RA-65984) Тu-134АК s/n: 63400 built in 1980, stored in 2006.

Antonov An-24 B

907 Antonov An-24B c/n 77303907, Hungary Air Force. Built in 1967 ; at the Aviation Museum, Szolnok, Hungary since 03 December 1992.

Romanian governmental Antonov An-24B manned by a crew of TAROM.

From this point, the big exercise Štít 84 ("Shield84" 5 - 14 September) is starting and Warsaw Pact air inventory is engaged.
Different aircraft are listed here grouped by types then subtypes not chronologically despite numerous crossing sight.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21M

Using a reconnaissance pod.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF

Black 0810 of the Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force). This figter was delivered in February 1965.

Black 0401 a MiG-21PF of 8.slp. Delivered to Czechoslovakia on July 1964 and decommisioned in 1990.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF

Black 7704 for this Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF of 6.sbolp.

Black 5581 & 5603, two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF later upgraded with NATO avionics and actually named MiG-21MFM.

Sukhoi Su-7BKL

Note the bubble canopy. Sukhoi Su-17/20/22 should have a spin streamlined the canopy.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN

Some Czechkoslovak ones.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML

Black 2422 a MiG-23ML of 1.slp since november 1981.

Black 3641 soldiered on from August 1978 to 1994.

Sukhoi Su-25K

Mil Mi-8s

Mil Mi-8PPA

Mil Mi-8PPA (NATO reporting name Hip-K) is a jamming platform variant.

Mil Mi-8T

The farest helicopters are Mil Mi-24s.

Mil Mi-24

IlyushinIl-76TD

IlyushinIl-76TD of Aeroflot.

Sukhoi Su-22M4

Sukhoi Su-24M

(left) Sukhoi Su-24M white 03 of the Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (VVS, the (Soviet) Military Air Forces).

Mil Mi-6

Episode 90 Vojáci proti válce

Mil Mi-8

Mil Mi-24 D

Mil Mi-24 D of the Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee (East German Air Force).

Black 414.

Episode 91 Odra – Nisa 69

Ilyushin Il-14

WSK PZL-Świdnik Mi-2

From Polish armed forces.

Mil Mi-4

Mil Mi-1

Tail rotor of two Mil Mi-1 from the Polish armed forces, so possibly licence built WSK PZL-Świdnik SM-1.

Mil Mi-4 & Mil Mi-8 & Ilyushin Il-14

From left to right. From the Polish forces.

Mil Mi-6

Antonov An-12

WSK PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra

We are in Poland and the straight trailing edge forbidden to think to Aero L-29 Delphin.

Ilyushin Il-28

Unidentified MiG Aircraft

MiG-15 or MiG-17 ?

Episode 92 Akce Kvartet

Ilyushin Il-18V

Reg. CCCP-75601 / SSSR-75601 Ilyushin Il-18V used by the VVS (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily / Military Air Forces) from 1959 until 1979.

Ilyushin Il-14

Polish Ilyushin Il-14.

Mil Mi-6

s/n 10680503B / 10680503V used by Soviet armed forces.

Mil Mi-4

Two Mil Mi-4s wearing the Red Star.

Ilyushin Il-28

Sukhoi Su-7

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

Antonov An-12

Episode 93 Akce Vítr

Aero S-102

Serial 1143 with a temporary camouflage

Rocket launcher SR-55 on both sides of the underwing tank on a MiG.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

Mil Mi-4

Mi-4 minelayer.

Mil Mi-1

Ilyushin Il-28 RT

Serial 2503 Ilyushin Il-28 RT c/n 52403, wfu in 1970.

Ilyushin Il-14

Ilyushin Il-14 of the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily (Soviet Air Force) in foreground heating on its engine near several ones of the Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force).

Episode 95 Stalingradská bitva

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Junkers Ju 88 A

Heinkel He 111 H

Sukhoi Su-2

One of the last shot of this long episode (55 minnutes).

Messerschmitt Bf 110

Barrage balloon & Observation balloon

Soviet Barrage balloon.

Note the German observation balloon in background with a black cross (time : 20 min 45). It will guide the diving bombers (Junkers Ju 87 in the foreground).

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2

(probably) On 26 September 1942 Hermann Graf shot down his 200th enemy aircraft at the controls of his personal Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2, 9/JG 52.

Yakovlev Yak-1

Mikhaïl Dmitrievitch Baranov's Yakovlev Yak-1 with 23 victories painted.

August 1942 : a 24th red star (victory) is added. This shot is seen before the aircraft taxiing with only 23 symbols.

Petlyakov Pe-2

Petlyakov Pe-2 of the series 359 ?

Tupolev SB-2-M-103

Petlyakov Pe-3

Dornier Do 17 Z

Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik

Footage of a reconstitution movie seen in two times (this screenshot is the second one seen at 46 min.).

Messerschmitt Bf 109 D

Among these Messerschmitt Bf 109 D, the "3" with a white cross on the fuselage of Lieutnant Hermann Relfferscheidt (March 1939 !), 1./JG 131 "Richthofen" (renamed 1./JG 2 in May 1939).
This archive footage was already seen in 2005 (A zori zdes tikhie (TV Series) Ep. 9 @ 10 min. 34) and in other works : list at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Focke-Wulf Fw 189

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190

Probably the ground attack version Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 F.

Heinkel He 111 H & Junkers Ju 52/3m

Junkyard for Heinkel He 111 and one Junkers Ju 52.

Episode 96 Osvobozené Československo

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Avia B-534

Lockheed 14 Super Electra

Lockheed 14 Super Electra of British Airways Ltd.
Registration G-AFGN, serial n° 1467.
Arrival of Neville Chamberlain on September 1938 for the Munich Agreements. Flugplatz München Oberwiesenfeld.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C

Heinkel He 111 H

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Between the two footages of the Heinkel He 111, this view of the bomb bay of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress dropping its load. Note that bomb load was held vertically inside the Heinkel fuselage, not horizontally like most bomber including the B-17.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 A-0

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 A-0 (aka Fw 200 V3) Werk-Nr 3099 D-2600 (or 26+00 once War broke out) used by Hitler as personal aircraft. Former registration was D-ARHU.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Petlyakov Pe-2

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

1948 : Arrival of President Edvard Beneš in Soviet Union.

Ar 396A-2

See above Episode 6.

Lavochkin La-5F

Lavochkin La-5F code 71.

Yakovlev Yak-9

Episode 100 První vlaštovky

International Air Tattoo 1991 - RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.

Tupolev Tu-134AK

Wing of Tu-134AK '1407' of Československé vojenské letectvo c/n 1351407 (built in 1971). Was OK-AFD (but still for the Czechoslovak Air Force) in 1980/1981. Sold in 1998 to Lukoil Avia and registered EW-65861 then RA-65861 from September 1999 when bought by Kogalymavia (Kolavia). Scrapped in 2012 when this company was rebranded.

cockpit

Static display at Fairford.

Antonov An-12B

Antonov An-12B 2105 c/n 4342105. Sold as LZ-SFJ but eventually damaged on 29/9/99.

With (30-)10 Breguet 1150 Atlantic c/n 85 MM40123 of Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force).

Aero L-39ZA Albatros

Aero L-39ZA Albatros 2430.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML 4644.

Mikoyan MiG-29 A

Mikoyan MiG-29 A c/n 2960532356. Later sold to Poland where it was painted in grey and got the serial 56 red.

McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2

RAF 74 Squadron McDonnell F-4M Phantom FGR.2 welcoming the Czechkoslovakian delegation.

McDonnell Douglas RF-4E

McDonnell Douglas RF-4E 35+54 Akg.52 (Aufklarungeschwader, Reconnaisance Wing), Luftwaffe. Based at Leck, Germany. Sold later to Turkey where it has been coded 69-7501.

Panavia Tornados

Tornado's nozzle and thrust reverser door actuator.

Luftwaffe Tornado IDS (?)

(left to right) Three "pink" Tornado GR1 with a grey one (Tornado ADV), another Pink GR1, tail of RAF 13 Squadron Panavia Tornado GR.1A, etc ...

Fiat G.91R/3

Fiat G-91R/3 5465 Esquadra 301, Força Aérea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force), 27th NATO Tiger Meet (1987).

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon & Mikoyan MiG-29 A

Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 J-012 and Czechoslovakian Mig-29A serial 5616.

Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 J-004.

F-16A FA94 (built by SABCA c/n 6H-94) of the Belgian Air Component (Dutch: Luchtcomponent, French: Composante air).

Various Aircraft

(top to bottom) XW224 Westland Puma HC.1 c/n 1166, Royal Air Force ; Mirage 2000 C n°86 serial 330-AV, EC 5/330 Côte d'Argent, Armée de l'Air (French Air Force); Northrop F-5E Tiger II Swiss Air Force; German RF-4E facing RAF F-4M Phantom FGR2; Alpha Jet and Mig-29A.

Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter

Royal Norwegian Air Force Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter serial 132.

Dassault Mirage F1C

Dassault Mirage F1C c/n 16 serial 12-YH Escadron de Chasse EC 01.012, Armée de l'Air.

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

Lockheed F-104G s/n 63-7037 of the Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force), code 9-037 (former 21+68 with the Luftwaffe).

Various Aircraft

(left to right) Line up of Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II; McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle; Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior s/n 146454; the rotodomes of two Boeing E-3 Sentry; a white T tail; at least four Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, the white tail of a Boeing (EC-135H or WC-135B -both were on the static display-) and the curved toptail of a Lockheed (C-130 Hercules or P-3C Orion ?).

(from 1 to 8) Luftwaffe Tornado, Canadian CF-18, Norwegian Northrop F-5A, Czechkoslovak Mig-29, F/A-18, French Dassault Mirage F1C c/n 16, Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 & Belgian F-16A serial FA94.

Lockheed TR-1A

Serial 80-1099, 1980 Lockheed TR-1A of the 17th Reconnaissance Wing, USAF.

Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

Dassault Mirage 5BD

From the Belgian Air Component.

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark & McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

Lockheed F-104S ASA Starfighter

Lockheed F-104S ASA s/n 53-04 M.M.6764 53° stormo 21° Gruppo Caccia, Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force).

Rockwell B-1B Lancer & Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic

Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic 30+10 already seen near (far right) the Antonov An-12B and Aero L-39ZA Albatros.

Douglas DC-6B

Douglas DC-6B G-SIXC Air Atlantique Ltd c/n 45550/1032. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Model 75

PT-17 of Utterly Butterly display team.

Avro Lancaster & Various Supermarine Spitfire

Avro Lancaster and seven Spitfires.

CASA C-101EB

CASA C-101EB of Spanish display team Patrulla Aguila.

Aérospatiale SA 316 Alouette III

Alouette III of Klu (Koninklijke Luchtmacht / Royal Netherlands Air Force) Grasshoppers display team.

SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A & Panavia Tornado IDS

Sepecat Jaguar GR.1A XZ112, RAF & Tornado IDS Luftwaffe

General Dynamics F-16B Fighting Falcon & Avro Vulcan B2

Dutch F-16B J-068 & RAF Avro Vulcan XH558 (now Reg. G-VLCN) at takeoff.

Aermacchi MB-339PAN

Aermacchi MB-339PAN of the Italian Air Force display team : Frecce Tricoliri

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E

Aerobatic demonstration team of the French Air Force (Patrouille de France).

Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk

Bottom picture.

Boeing B-52G Stratofortress

Boeing B-52G takingoff then landing (serial 58-0182 or 58-0229).

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 XV233.

Dassault Mirage 2000B

Dassault Mirage 2000B serial 2-FI c/n 512.

McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II

F-4G from 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, USAF, Spangdahlem AB, Germany.

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon serial 87-0270 from the 52nd TFW.

Lockheed MC-130E Hercules

Lockheed MC-130E Hercules 7th SOS, 39th SOW. Serial 64-0555, c/n 382-4056.

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

F-15C 53 TFS/36 TFW based at Bittburg (RFA now Germany)

BAE Systems Hawk

Grey Hawks.

Red Arrows.

Boeing CF-18 Hornet

Royal Canadian Air Force / Aviation royale canadienne McDonnell Douglas CF-18A Hornet

Episode 101 ČS letectvo ve 20. letech

Most if not all action is filmed at Prague-Kbely airport (ICAO: LKKB), now heart of the Prague Aviation Museum with limited air traffic.
The national flag acting as roundel on most of the aircraft set most of these footages between 1921 and 1926.

Unidentified Avia

This one is seen chasing at 14 minutes.

Avia BH-17

One of the 24 built but unreliable and so it was soon withdrawn.

Aero A-12

Letov Š-6

Lioré et Olivier LeO 7/2

Czechkoslovakia bought six airframes of this French bomber in 1924.

Letov Š-10

Letov Š-8

Letov Š-8 was a racing aircraft, built for participation in the race for the President of the Republic. It took part in the three yearly races of the President's Prize, but never won. In the first race in 1923, the machine crashed due to overheated engine failure; in 1924 and 1925 it finished in second place. Note the different layout.

Airframe modified.

Letov Š-20

Aero A-11

Avia BH-21 (or BH-22)

Letov Š-12

Unidentified Aircraft

Aero A-18

Avia BH-7 B

Took part of the 1923 race for the President of the Republic.

Aero A-14

Reg. L-BARL Aero A-14 c/n 11 acting for the Red Cross. Was withdrawn from use on 3 November 1925.

Aero A-10

Reg. L-BALA Aero A-10 c/n 5. Withdrawn from use on 16 April 1928.

Letov Š-2 (alias Smolik Sm-1)

With a Letov Š-12 in the background.

Avia BH-5

Avia BH-5 c/n 1 registered L-BOSA on 23 June 1923.

Unidentified Aircraft

(right to left) Aero A-18 and probably a SPAD XIII ; others unidentified.

Letov Š-3

Avia BH-22 & Aero A-12

(left to right) : aircraft still unidentified ; Avia BH-22 (see bottom); two Aero A-12s including one registered L-BIZR (the fourth of the serie).

Avia BH-21

All red Avia BH-21 c/n 96, pilot captain František Malkovský who died at its controls on 8 June 1930. Note the new roundel which sets this shot after 1926.

Aero A-34 Kos

Reg. L-BASO (in July 1929) Aero A-34 c/n 1 (few weeks later, became OK-ASO then OK-ATL before being withdrawn from usage on 24 December 1934).

Close up on the Walter 85 hp engine.

Junkers F 13

A late variant.

Aero A-17

Můra (1922)

Unidentified Aircraft

Episode 102 Stíhači

Chapter Title Screen

MiG-15bis 3006 & MiG-19S.

(clockwise) MiG-25RU, three MiG-15bis, MiG-19, 0319 MiG-21F-13 and MiG-9.

Yakovlev Yak-15, three MiG-9s and two MiG-15.

(clockwise) Soviet MiG-15 code 25, 0133 MiG-21US and other MiG-21s.

Same ones with a MiG-19 top right.

(right) MiG-23BN facing a MiG-19 up a late MiG-21.

(clockwise) MiG-23ML, MiG-19, MiG-23 or 27, MiG-23BN and top left a MiG-15.

(clockwise) MiG-25RU, MiG-3, MiG-21US '0133', another MiG-21 and (top) a Foxbat / MiG-25.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Several shot taken before 1957 with serial NP-52 and MP-22 or this OL-17.

Numerous tactical code seen : 3266, 3675, 3809, 3811, 3824, 3948 and 5259.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML

4641 c/n in service from 22.12.1982 until 1998. decommisioned and transferred to museum in 2000.

Other code seen : 4855 (on strength from 18 February 1983 until 1995. Probably in a private collection in Spain).

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF

3920 c/n 0390213920 soldiered on between March 1979 and 1994.

Aero L-39 Albatros

Avia S-199

Avia C-2

Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik

Ilyushin Il-10

Avia S-199

Avia S-199 FZ-26 in front of Ilyushin Il-2s (or Il-10s) and Aero C-3As.

Aero C-3A

Avia CS-199

Yakovlev Yak-23 Flora (S-101)

Troika already seen in episode 15.

MiG-15 (Aero S-102)

IW is the tactical code for 1. letka / 1 slp before 1957.

Hawker P.1052

Gloster Meteor F Mk 4

Avro 707

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF

Tactical code 1101 worn from 1st July 1958 until September 1969 when decommisioned and scrapped.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S

Serials seen : 0203 and 0214 and 0313.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19P

Let L-410 Turbolet & Zlín Z-43 & Aero L-39 Albatros

MiG-21F-13

0408 Black MiG-21F-13 c/n 660408 in Czechkoslovakian service between 1966 and 1993.

MiG-21MF

1112 MiG-21MA (MF) takes off with JATO. Ended its career for the Slovak Air Force.

Other single seat MiG-21 seen : 0110 and 0516 and 4008 and 4310.

Sukhoi Su-7BKL

Seen at 13 min. 44, this Sukhoi Su-7BKL is firing rockets in place of the MiG-21 of the story.

MiG-21UM

MiG-15 UTI Testbed

Interesting MiG-15 UTI used to test ejection seat. Seems to be a Czechkoslovakian indigeneous variant as the three Soviet known airframes are slighty different.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF & MiG-21MF & MiG-15

3888 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF c/n 0390213888 used between 1979-1991. Front landing gear failed during landing on 31 October 1991. WFU in 1995 without repair.
5603 MiG-21MF and 3948 MiG-15bis (or Aero S-103 ?).

Episode 103 Priboj

Aero S-103 & Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis

Serial 3808 is a MiG-15 bis seen only trailed.

The four ship flight rallied aircraft serial 3261 and 3208 and 3809 and 3675.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF

Two MiG-17PF including 1101 which would be decommisioned and scrapped on September 1969.

Episode 104 Veteráni RAF

At Prague Kbely.

Antonov An-24B

Ilyushin Il-62

At Prague Ruzyně International Airport (PRG/LKPR).

Tupolev Tu-154B-2

Number 0420 of the Československé vojenské letectvo (Czechoslovak Air Force) from 28 March 1989 until May 1998 (note that on 1st January 1993, the aircraft was transfered to Slovakia).
This Tu-154 has worn these other registration : OK-BYA and eventually RA-85842 before being decommissioned in August 2011.

Tupolev Tu-134AK

Already seen in episode 100.

Dornier Do 228-201

Reg. D-CMUC Dornier Do 228-201 of Hamburg Airlines (this registration was leter used on a Dornier Do 328-100).

Mil Mi-24 V

Fokker F27 Friendship

Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force).

Mil Mi-8

Sukhoi Su-27 & Unidentified MiG Aircraft

A Soviet Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 with unidentified ultralight and glider in the foreground.

Mikoyan MiG-29 A

4012 Black Mikoyan MiG-29 A c/n 2960532040. Later sold to Poland who coded her as 40 Red.

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

Various Aircraft

(left) Mil Mi-8 behind a Mil Mi-24 V.
Fighters (from right to left) : Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon ; McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet ; Panavia Tornado ; Mirage 2000.

Episode 105 Phantom v ČSFR

Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C1

Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C1.

McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2

XT899 McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2, gift of the Royal Air Force to Czechkoslovakia.

Mil Mi-24 V

Aero L-39 Albatros & Ilyushin Il-14 & Ilyushin Il-28

Aero L-39 Albatros hidden by people on the left.

Episode 106 Lidice

Heinkel He 111 (B or D)

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Episode 110 Lidé a zbraně

PZL-Swidnik SM-2

Background blue helicopter.
An enlarged version of license-built Mil Mi-1, developed and produced by WSK PZL-Świdnik. It was also known as the WSK SM-2.