Prague Technical Museum

Phil,

Pity I took my driving tests before they started the new fashion 😎 Pity it rains so often in Holland, you might think you were in the UK instead. Now where is that page three…………..

Cees

WOW Pauly

Cor blimey Paul 😮 ,

What a big boy’s toy’s bedroom hall that is mate!!! 😎

And Yes Alex,

Must agree with you, I can see a lot of Bill ” the knife ” Stout, influence in that design, and I’m guessing it was no darn accident!! :p .

Chow for now, before I get sprung again, back on the net, Have strict order’s from Angie Stepdaughter, my hour’s are CUT!! 😮

BUGGGERIT BUT I GUESS IT HAS TO HAPPEN!!! :rolleyes:

Just like you know what!!!! 😀

Great stuff Evzen Mate!!! 😉

Paul you did a great job mate, Thank you so muchly for bringing them to us all 😎 .

Here’s Tifanny one more time for Evzen and the boy’s who missed her!!! 😀 ,

I’m off back to the land of Id, must crash, ” Gut Nacht ” all 😮

ooh and a Plane that should be there too! it fit’s the bill anyway’s

Saro is concealment in depository Museum Kbely.

And some special for Alex “Czech girls” 😀

Evžen

aaah, this could well be a pic of those turistic ads:

“Come to Czech Republic, where the word “bra” doesn’t mean a thing”

Cheers

Alex

P.S.
God bless the Czech Chicks 😀

Saro is concealment in depository Museum Kbely.

And some special for Alex “Czech girls” 😀

Evžen

Thanks for sharing Paul F. – great selection and well photographed.

I was obviously getting confused with Kbely with my Cloud question and that isn’t pictured in the Kbely link someone kindly provided so I guess it may still be in store there.

Very nice, the little green helicopter looks interesting!

is that the Kbely museum ? or am I thinking of somewhere else.

No, is not the same Museum!
Kbely-pictures are here: klick

cheerio Andy

@Paul F

very nice pictures!
Thank you very much for showing us these.

Fascinating photos, thank you. That place has been on my “must visit” list for ages.

I dunno why but OK-AVO reminds me of a Ford Flivver..

Alex

…ok, those pics are nice, but where are the pics of the girls?!?! Prague as the most impressive female fauna ever!!! 😀

Cheers!

Alex

More on Prague Museum

I didn’t spot the Saro Cloud fuselage, but it was a bit of a flying visit, and yes, there are more airframes on display at Kleby airfield outside the city, unfortunately time did not permit a visit…

Paul

Final set…..

The end is nigh….

Some general views of the display hall – the multiple galleries allow a choice of viewing/photography angles on the exhibits.

Finally a couple of shots form Prague Airport arrivals – The Aero 145 is in the main terminal.

Cheers, hope the pics are of interest – any comments or brief details of the signififcnace of some of these exhibits welcome, though I am of fon hols for a week, so won’t get chance to view feedback for ten days.

Paul F

More…..

1947 Sokol M1C with a design on the cowling sugesting some long distance flight -sorry no more details.

1954 HC-2 Helicopter – note the strange “overhead” mounted control columns, very like some of the early “joy stick/rotor controls on early autogiros.

Then more up to date, An Aero V L39 and a Zlin 50 – remeber when they were the bees knees of unlimited Aeros, before the Su26’s came along.

Plus a couple of general views of the display hall.

Paul – only afew maore to come…. 😮

Photos Group 3

More inter-war planes..

1928 Etrich Taube Limusina – seems to use wings very simialr to those of the Taube of WWI vintage, with an enclosed fuselage?

1936 Racek Glider

1937 Zlin XIII racer – very reminiscent of the british built Mew Gull G-AEXF, and probably my favourite airframe on show, simply due to its beautiful lines.

Also, and by way of a change some pre-war racing cars, including the last model Mercedes Benz which dominated Grand Prix just preWWII, plus a Bugatti.

Lastly teh gondola off an airship – sorry, missed getting details of it’s origins.

Paul

Photos Set 2

A selection of interwar airframes next, including the Kunkaldo of 1925, and lCZ built Avia pair BH9 (1923) BH10 (1924)and a Pou De Ciel dated 1927 .

Paul

Photos – First Group

The museum in Prague holds some rare and impressive exhibits, including the 1900 – 1905 Zanonia – the framework of an early attempt at powered flight.

A 1910 Bleriot X1, and a selection of WWI biplanes including a Knoeller C11, a Thomas Morse (brown biplane)and an Anatra Anasali (grey biplane).

Unfortunately I have not had chance to research the history of the rarer types.

More photos to follow shortly.

Paul

Was there 5 years ago, Czechs have a impressive engineering heritage.
Avia, Jawa, Skoda, Zlin, Aero. This is something elese than Kbely..which is also very nice..
Basement was great as well; it has a complete oremine there, with the minirails and the tunnels…

Is the SARO Cloud fuselage back on display and in a poisition where it can be photographed? I seem to recall that a few years back the museum made a set of replica wings for it but that they were too heavy and had to be removed and that the fuselage then went back into deep store.

I have also been fortunate enough to visit the Prague technical museum. I have some quite nice pics I can post but I don’t want to steal Paul F’s thunder. I thoroughly reccomend a visit if you are ever in the Czech Republic!

Rich

Photos coming soon!

Hope to post the promised photos tonight or tomorrow – a recent office move and associated IT “challenges” have delayed things.

Paul F