Strana 41
CN 831138, Pyrlandia-Boogie, Ostróv Wielkopolski, Poland, 2006
CN 8100731, 24 Air Transport Base, Praha-Kbely, Czech Republic, 2010
This L-410UVP was not made for the customer,
but for factory purposes. It was used to test
modifications of the newly prepared UVP
-
E
version. The aircraft with the OK-178 mark was
flown on January 10, 1984. This was followed
by tests of brakes, different shapes of wingtip
tanks and installation of five-bladed propellers.
In 1985, the aircraft was exhibited in Paris as
“fake” UVP
-
E. The aircraft was also given the civil
matriculation OK
-
OZG, then returned to OK-178
and was converted back to the standard L-410UVP.
It then received the new OK
-
NZG marking and
was leased to Slov-Air for two months at the
end of 1991. It then went into private hands
with Delta System Air, where it was rebranded
OK
-
NDG. In Norimberk on January 28, 1994,
it suffered broken wing end due to the strong
wing. After the repair the crew of Jiří Nečas and
Albert Orlita flew it to Bratislava. It was operated
as OK
-
NDG by ABA Air and from March 2000 it
was grounded in Otrokovice for almost a year.
The next owner was the company Job Air from
Mošnov, which gave the aircraft a yellow paint
job with a blue stripe. At the beginning of 2003
it was sold to Polska, where it flew at Pyrlandia
Boogie with the matriculation SP
-
KPS and served
to sky-divers. However, as of September 16, 2013,
it was back in the Czech Republic, this time with
the matriculation OK
-
PRH, which was changed
to OM
-
PRH on July 13, 2016 and then to OM
-
HFP,
operated in attractive livery by Praga Aviation.
The aircraft is currently parked at Kunovice
airport. It recorded 6,021 flight hours and 9,066
landings.
In 2004, Turbolet CN 8100731, whose history is
also described in markings A and C, underwent
an overhaul and was discharged from the army,
where it served until then, to the Flight Training
Centre at Pardubice Airport. As part of the
general overhaul, the original camouflage livery
was replaced by an elegant white and grey paint
with a stripe down the length of the aircraft
in the colors of the national tricolor. Shortly
afterwards, the inscription “Máňa” appeared on
both sides above the cockpit side windows. This
nickname has stuck ever since, although after
another revision it was given a blue livery and
the inscription disappeared.
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October 2024