| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | OK-045 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Zlin Z-35 Heli-Trener |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Zlin Z-35 Heli-Trener |
| Aircraft Version: | Zlin Z-135 Heli-Trener |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Prague - KbelyMap |
| Country: | Czechia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LKKB IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Letecké Muzeum Kbely |
| Photo Date: | 30 May 2020 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 249192 |
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The development of a Czech light multi-purpose helicopter began at the end of the 1950s. Hover test flights of the Zlin XZ-35 prototype established that the design was quite successful but that a more powerful engine was required. Installation of the larger, more powerful six-cylinder Avia M-337 engine necessitated the ugly bulge in the nose and the design was named Z-135. It was looking goob but then the Czechoslovak government decided to stop all helicopter development in the country. In 1974 this sinle prototype was handed over to the Letecké Muzeum Kbely for display. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 2 June 2020, and has since been viewed 381 times. |