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Old 16th Aug 2022, 09:52
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My son lives in Czechia told me about this on Sunday as it was a major new item there. The Czechs are extremely proud of their Battle of Britain pilots and the contribution they made. Equally they like to make it clear that they were not Polish although they tended to be lumped together with their more numerous neighbours .

They have a several airshows in the country - a couple are especially interesting because many of their heritage types are from the eastern bloc alongside modern military kit and relative rarities. In fact his local airfield just held a European AN2 meet with quite a gathering of these extraordinarily practical and versatile aircraft which appear to take off at about 30mph (illusory of course) have a party trick of flying backwards due to their amazing slow flying capability, and remain very popular skydiving aircraft
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