Točná Airport (,
ICAO airport code
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LKTC) is a private domestic
airport
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in
Točná,
Prague 12 in the
Czech Republic
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The airport opened as a recreational glider airport on March 31, 1946.
[Antonín Vlček]
Kronika města Modřany, okres Praha-západ, za léta 1945–1964, I. část
1968-03-06, p. 142
After 1989, the runway was shortened to 550 meters due to disputes with landowners.
In 2008, the airport was purchased by
Ivo Lukačovič,
founder of the Czech search engine and portal
Seznam.cz The service buildings were rebuilt, the property secured by a fence, a museum and public playground were added, and the runway was lengthened to 870 meters.
Museum
In addition to the aeroclub, a historical planes museum is located at Točná Airport. However, the museum is opened to public only on selected days during the year or after previous arrangement with the airport operator. All planes kept in the museum hangar are airworthy.
Currently the museum shows following planes:
Czechoslovakia/Czech production:
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Aero C-104S
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Avia BH-1 (slightly modified replica)
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Avia BH-5 (accurate replica using the original 1920s
Walter engine)
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Praga E-114M
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Sokol M1C
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Zlín C-305
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Zlín Z-526
Foreign production:
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Antonov AN-2
The Antonov An-2 (USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet Union, Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1947. I ...
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Beech Bonanza B35
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Hawker Hurricane IV (remains of plane crashed on August 14, 2022)
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Lockheed Model 10 Electra previously owned by
Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), founder of the
Bata shoes company
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North American T-6 Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft, which was used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Ro ...
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Waco YPF
References
External links
Točná Airport Web
Airports in the Czech Republic
1946 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Airports established in 1946
20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic
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