Eastern European Museums

Photos from Tom Speer

Technical Museum, Prague

Zlin Z-XIII Built in 1937 the Zlin Z-XIII "Business -Flyer" was intended for the businessman in a hurry, but also expressed the culmination of Zlin's sports and racing experience in the late 1930s. Engine: Walter Major , 4 Cyl air cooled, 96kw / 130 HP. Performance: 350km/220m. p.h. at 20,000 ft. Range :700km/440 miles. Accommodation: one seat plus a baggage compartment. This aircraft did not go into production.	Lorraine-Dietrich 12-Eb, 450 hp	de Havilland Gipsy XII or Gipsy King	Bleriot XI Powered by a "AeroDaimler" 4-cylinder water-cooled engine of a claimed 70 hp	Technical Museum, Prague

Aviation Museum, Krakow

PZL M15 Belfegor Designed for big Russian farms, this 1970s Polish agro-jet prototype was powered by an AI-25 jet engine. The engine was the same as used in the Yak-40. It used lots of bleed air to blow the stuff out of the hoppers and in fact is a sound response to a questionable specification.	I128	Argus As-5 Piotr Lopalewski, Chief Registry & Research Dept. at the Polish Aviation Museum, Krakow has provided the following information: 24-cylinder, water cooled Double-W configuration; Maximum output: 1,119 kw (1,500 hp) at 1,800 RPM; Compression ratio: 5.6:1; Capacity: 94.1 liters (5,742 cu in); Weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lbs). The engine was probably envisaged for a big, single engine passenger plane. Three prototype As-5s were built between 1924 and 1927. None were flown.	TS8 Bies Polish trainer from the mid-1950s, powered by 7-cylinder WN-3 engine.	Aviation Museum, Krakow	Aviation Museum, Krakow	Daimler-Benz 600	Junkers Jumo 205

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