some older photos of the MiG-29, note several ones have wrong national symbols orientation made by Russians in the factory (vodka? hehe). Some photos are of the last flight from the Czechlands to Poland – these ones with handmade text

more photos of the BH-5 replica hier
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/doc/bh5.htm#drak

http://www.historicflight.cz/

That’s fabulous – thanks for letting us see those photos.

Could you tell us a little more about it if possible?

Roger Smith.

Rumcajs,

Was the original BH-5 closely related to the BH-9 as pictured here – they look almost identical?

These are photos I took (and posted on the forum) back in Oct 2005, following a visit to the Technical Museum in Prague.

Regards

Paul F

Avia BH-5 is one of the monoplane contruction line of famous Czech designers Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn – so BH sign. The first was BH-1 experimental from 1920, and more BH-3 – fighter for Czechoslovak Air Force from 1921, only one prototype BH-4 (evolved BH-3), BH-5 from 1923, BH-9 1923/24, BH-11 from 1924 in several versions (a little different from BH-9), BH-10 single seater trainer from 1924, and small sporty BH-12 and BH-16 avietka, and last monoplane figter BH-19 from 1924. All these monoplane Avia´s planes were called “boska” (plural bosky) due to civilian sign L-BOSA on BH-5 of famous Czech acrobatic pilot Dr.Zdenek Lhota (the first Czechoslovak civilian mark was L-Bxxx, since 1930 “OK-xxx”)
In 1923 Zdenek Lhota flew with new and the first BH-5 L-BOSA to the Belgium to test the new plane during internatinal race of Belgian King Award (he had to fly over Germany without authorization – a lot of problems with German bureaucracy – so very adventurous fligt) and he won main two awards.

In 1923 Avia sent BH-5 with Lhota to show army chiefs during a military exercise, they were satisfied and ordered the plane with some small adjustment as Avia BH-9. BH-10 and BH-11 are evolutions of BH-5/9

some photos

BH-1 exp
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/doc/2index.htm

and today ULL replica

BH-1 bis
http://forum.valka.cz/download.php/id/1949

BH-3 figter

BH-4

BH-5 and Dr. Zdenek Lhota
http://forum.valka.cz/download.php/id/1961
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/bh5pic/bh5_08.jpg
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/bh5pic/bh5_07.jpg
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/bh5pic/bh-5_21.jpg
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/bh5pic/bh-5_25.jpg
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/bh5pic/bh-5_22.jpg
http://avia.vyrobce.cz/bh5pic/bh-5_26.jpg

BH-7A (figter)

http://forum.valka.cz/download.php/id/1967

BH-7B race version (top speed about 300km/h in 1923!)

http://forum.valka.cz/download.php/id/1965

BH-9

http://forum.valka.cz/download.php/id/1964