The VZLÚ Tom-8 (Výzkumný a zkušební letecký ústav - Czech Aerospace Research Centre} was the last Czechoslovak design of a training military aircraft with a piston engine. The programme was cancelled and TOM-8 was rescued in very bad condition from the Children's Psychiatric Hospital in Opařany in July 1967, where it was used to entertain the patients. Unfortunately, during restoration the original unique Praga M-208C engine and electrically adjustable V-421 propeller were lost and were replaced by similar ones from a L-60 Brigadyr.

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