donCarlos
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"In the first half of the twenties in the twentieth century, one of the most popular air races in Europe was the “Prix de la roi Belgique” or the “Prize of the Belgium King”. The king, Albert I, was an avid sportsman and an enthusiastic pilot, who was very familiar with Czech pilots. One of them, Jan Štork, during WWI fought over German occupied Belgium, and was personally bestowed a knight in the order of Leopold II, by the king himself. For all airplane manufacturers it was a prestigious occasion to be a participant in this race and it was important to place well."
This was in 1923 and after 85 years, it´s gonna happen again. A group of aviation enthusiasts here has recently finished the replica of Avia BH-5 - the aircraft which won the race in 1923 and they are about to fly to Belgium again. The track will be slightly modified because of modern regulations, but it will still be flown at average speed of 75 knots. It will not be flown by BH-5 alone, but accompanied by its predecessor Avia BH-1. They will take off from Prague on 26.7.2008 and will land in Brussels on 29.7.2008.
So let´s stick up for the pilots!
P.S.: Some links:
http://historicflight.cz/html/main.asp?lng=eng&page=promedia&subpage= (this is in english, containing planned route and press release)
http://www.avia.vyrobce.cz/# (this is unfortunately only in czech, but in each section is link "stavba repliky" where are photos from the building process and "historicke foto" where are some historical photos of these wonderful aircraft)
This was in 1923 and after 85 years, it´s gonna happen again. A group of aviation enthusiasts here has recently finished the replica of Avia BH-5 - the aircraft which won the race in 1923 and they are about to fly to Belgium again. The track will be slightly modified because of modern regulations, but it will still be flown at average speed of 75 knots. It will not be flown by BH-5 alone, but accompanied by its predecessor Avia BH-1. They will take off from Prague on 26.7.2008 and will land in Brussels on 29.7.2008.
So let´s stick up for the pilots!
P.S.: Some links:
http://historicflight.cz/html/main.asp?lng=eng&page=promedia&subpage= (this is in english, containing planned route and press release)
http://www.avia.vyrobce.cz/# (this is unfortunately only in czech, but in each section is link "stavba repliky" where are photos from the building process and "historicke foto" where are some historical photos of these wonderful aircraft)
