Of course there are many other type of aircraft in Hungary, not just Cessnas, Pipers, Zlins and An-2's :-)
SOCATA/Morane
MS-883
SOCATA
Tampico
Yakovlev
Yak-18
Yakovlev
Yak-52
Yakovlev
Yak-55M
Sukhoi
Su-26
Technoavia
SP-91
Culp Special
PZL-101
"Gawron"
PZL-104
"Wilga"
Let L-200
"Morava"
Let L-410
Polikarpow
Po-2
Pilatus
PC-6 "Porter"
Maule M6
Mooney
201
Various
others
HA-JDI: this is a 1969 SOCATA (Morane-Saulnier)
"Rallye", a french 4-seat airplane with nice flight qualities and with
the usual low-wing panorama-view I like so much :)
The
cockpit of the plane
HA-SJQ: this picture was taken under bad
lighting conditions at Esztergom (LHEM), but despite, this Morane
is nice plane!
The
cockpit of the plane
HA-TUE (MS880, 1969) before the hangar at the Esztergom airport.
HA-VED: another Morane this time one with a fixed four-feather prop, photographed at Budaörs (LHBS).
HA-VEG: a 1970 Morane, photographed at Budaörs.
HA-VEK at Farkashegy (LHFH).
HA-TUW in the old hangar at Budaörs.
HA-VES. This delicate 4-seater is a favorite of mine despite that I never had a chance to fly with it. Photographed during a Budaörs air show in 2001.
The same plane at Szentkirályszabadja.
The
cockpit of the plane
HA-VEY at Budaörs.
Built after WW2 in Russia, Poland and Hungary, the Yak-18 was the primary school aircraft of the "eastern bloc" air forces. The one on the picture is at the Aviation Exhibit of the Museum of Transport at Budapest.
The last version of the Yak-18, the Yak-18T
was no taildragger anymore, and no two-seater either: this model was intended
as an "air taxi" plane. Despite that it has seats for four passengers,
it's capable of doing some aerobatics too!
The Yak-52 was the successor of the Yak-18
and was built at several places. The ones in Hungary were manufactured
in Romania. It's a two-seat training and aerobatics aircraft, and is quite
popular outside the former "eastern bloc" countries too. I photographed
HA-JAP at a Szentkirályszabadja air show.
The
cockpit of the plane
HA-JAU...
... and HA-JAV at the same air show.
The last plane, this time in Budaörs.
A russian aerobatics aircraft with the same characteristic radial engine as almost all russian and soviet aerobatics and trainer airplanesof the last two decades.
A very rare sight in Hungary, by the way...
The Su-26 is a superb aerobatics plane that won quite a few championships since it was introduced in the early eighties. The plane on the picture was used by the aerobatic champion Zoltán Veres (it was rented).
A classic russian sportsplane: they all
have these characteristic radial engines!
The new plane of Mr. Zoltán Veres is a Technoavia SP-91. Technoavia is a relatively new company with engineers who worked for the Yakovlev and Sukhoi design bureaus.
The SP-91 is a full-metal two-seater with unlimited aerobatic capabilities and the proven M-14P radial engine.
The same machine with new paintwork two months later.
This paiting fits this robust plane better, I think!
I wonder what's it like to fly this plane, I don't think it's for the beginner...
Mr. Veres designed this plane for his own purposes out of a kit-plane and an M-14 radial engine.
He sold the plane in 2004 to Austria.
Zoltan's current plane (as of June 2005)
is an Extra 300S in polish registration (SP-KYK).
The name PZL and polish aviation meant almost the same for decades after WW2. They made all sorts of aircraft: planes based on licenses, own designs, gliders, helicopters, military jets, etc... The "Gawron" is a re-designed version of the soviet Yak-12. Originally they were used for emergency ambulance, forest observation, agricultural operations, but all they do nowadays is towing gliders....
HA-PYC caught at Budaörs.
HA-SBB at Szolnok (LHSS).
The
cockpit of the plane
HA-SBE at Pér (LHPR), photographed by Zsolt Pulai.
HA-SBL (1969) at Farkashegy.
HA-SBN at the airfield of Hármashatárhegy (LHHH) with enchanting surroundings.
The same plane at Farkashegy.
The "Wilga" was intended as the successor of the "Gawron". Unfortunately the design was not so clean, although the plane has superb low-speed flying capabilities and was therefore also used by the police for traffic observation.
HA-SEA at Pér, photographed by Zsolt Pulai.
HA-SEC: a 1979 Wilga at Budaörs.
The
cockpit of the plane
HA-SEF at Budaörs.
HA-SEJ at Budaörs.
HA-SEK at Dunakeszi.
HA-SEL at Budaörs.
HA-SEM at Siófok-Kiliti (LHSK).
HA-SEN at Miskolc (photo: János Baróczi Jr.).
The 1989 HA-SES at Esztergom.
The
cockpit of the machine
HA-SEV catching dust at Budaörs.
The most beautiful two-engine airplane I think is the czech L-200 "Morava". It's not a really modern plane since it was designed at the end of the 1950's but it therefore has some old-school elegance to it!
The nose-wheel is an interesting construction!
HA-LDB stood on the ground for years after it was annulated in the early 80's, but then it was restored.
HA-LDC in full white at Budaörs.
What a plane!
The L-410 is a small-to-mid-size passenger turboprop, quite popular around here.
I photographed HA-LAO at Budaörs.
Notice the Bendix radar above the head lights!
The turbine engine with the prop.
The
cockpit of the plane
The Po-2 is a start of the air shows: as far as I know, only two in Europe were preserved in flying conditions!
HA-PAO in the new hangar at Budaörs.
The
"cokcpit" of the plane
HA-POA, the agricultural version of the
plane at the Aviation Exhibit of the Museum of Transport. Notice that one
of the seats is gone!
This swiss one-engine turboprop is one of the finest aircrafts of the world. Originally four of them were brought , but now only one remains in Hungary.
The US license version made by Fairchild
is usually used by parajumpers, but here it would be too expensive to do
the same - it's mostly used for monitoring gas and oil pipes, floods and
forest fires.
I don't know much about these planes. Two were bought, but I don't see them flying very frequently...
... but just catching dust in the hangar
at Budaörs.
HA-JDW: a Mooney M201. A nice and fast plane, photographed this time at Budaörs.
The tail of the aircraft suggests power and agility!
The same plane inside the hangar.
The I.A.R.-823 was built in Roumania. It's a bulky four-seat plane with some aerobatic abilities. On the picture: HA-JDL in Budaörs.
HA-JDM at the same airport. I had the luck
to fly with this airplane, and it was fun!
The
cockpit of this plane
HA-JDN at Fahegy.
A Beech B24R at Farkashegy.
Another Beech in front of the willows...
HA-SLV: an MU-1521 "Broussard". A _very_ noisy plane :-)
HA-ACD: a small italian two-engine business plane.
The same plane before the hangars.
This "Bulldog" used to be a trainer for the R.A.F., I don't know how it got into the country. Looks interesting!
HA-TUG in "camouflage".
HA-TUJ, the sister of the previous plane.
HA-TUL, anotehr sister.
HA-VEI, a Fuji FA200 at Szeged.
HA-SLS: an UTVA-66.
This plane is used mostly by parachutists
(Photos by Laczkó István).
Click
here to see the cockpit of this plane
R-26 "Góbé": a nice glide trainer designed and built in Hungary.
An ultralight. When grown up, it will be a Cessna :-)
Another kit-plane: HA-YACZ (WT01).
HA-YNBD and...
... HA-YNBG are Apollo "Foxes", derived from the Kit-Fox.
HA-TUD (G115).
Valentin "Taifun" 17E: halfway glider,
halfway a real piston-engine aircraft. And surprisingly noisy!
The
cokcpit of the plane
HA-YHST (TL96 Star) at Farkashegy.
The emergency parachute for the whole plane.
The
cockpit of the plane
A yellow "Motorfalke" before the old hangar
at Budaörs.
The
cokcpit of the plane
A HB-21/1600 in Budaörs.
An oldtimer: the 1960 Ka-8B.
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