ČKD-Praga (Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk

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n aircraft manufacturer. The company was founded in 1915 as an engine manufacturing company, under the designation Praga. The company started designing aircraft in 1930–31 when the designers

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from 1931. It was a military trainer, with a production run of 139 aircraft. ČKD-Praga developed several aircraft over the following years, but none exceeded prototype stage. Jaroslav Šlechta became chief designer in 1934 and designed the

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aircraft, which became a commercial success. The aircraft was sold to France, Iran, Romania and to Britain. Most of the British aircraft were manufactured locally in Manchester under a licence, by F. Hills & Sons as the Hillson Praga. 126 aircraft were ordered until 1946. Šlechta remained with Praga post war, designing the E-55 general purpose aircraft. ČKD-Praga developed 17 aircraft designs, of which 7 entered series production.

List of Praga aircraft

In the 1930s the company referred to designs by the initials of their designers' surnames, for example the BH-39 trainer, designed by Pavel Benes and Miroslav Hajn. The Czech government identified aircraft by manufacturer, each having a letter assigned to them. Praga's was E, so the BH-39 became the E-39. ''This list may be incomplete: add to it, with sources if you can.'' * E-36 * E-39 trainer - about 139 produced *

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trainer - about 43 produced * E-41 * E-44 biplane fighter? * E-45 biplane fighter * E-51 twin boom fighter * E-55 post war general purpose * E-112 post war trainer * E-114 two seat sports - about 300 produced * E-115 development of E-114 * E-117 development of E-114 * E-141 development of 41 * E-210 twin pusher tourer * E-211 post war development of 210 * E-212 post war eight seat development of 210/211; probably not completed * E-214 four seat tourer * E-241 advanced trainer biplane - about 95 built

References

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ckd-Praga Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Manufacturing companies established in 1915 1915 establishments in Austria-Hungary