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Aircraft:
Saunders Roe A.19/5
- Reg: OK-BAK photos
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Serial #:
5
- Airline: CSA Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie
- Photo Date: May 08, 2019
- Uploaded: May 21, 2020
- Prague Kbely Air Base - LKKB, Czech Republic
Notes:
This unique amphibious aircraft was designed by Saunders Roe at the turn of the 20s and 30s. Its prototype, originally intended for the RAF, first took off on July 16, 1930. The RAF gradually took over 17 machines of this type, mainly for training purposes. However, the other four Cloudys were made as civilians and one of them made a significant mark in the history of CSA as the only amphibian in the entire history of our aviation. It is located in the museum's collections. This is the Saunders Roe A.19 Cloud (OK-BAK), production No. 5, which with the British matriculation G-ACGO first took off in July 1933 as the last civilian Cloud produced. From 1933 to 1934, he was toured European countries, and on August 5, 1933, he landed as the first amphibious aircraft at Kbel Airport. For good flight characteristics and suitable usability for the needs of CSA, it was purchased in 1934 and, at the customer's request, provided with MS. Walter Pollux star engines. From 1935, under the matriculation of OK-BAK, it was included on the regular line Zagreb - Sušak. The machine served until the end of 1938. During World War II, the aircraft was stored at the Exhibition Grounds in Prague Holešovice and after the war was purchased for private use. The wings, engines, floats, tail surfaces and landing gear were dismantled and later destroyed and the hull modified as a houseboat. In this form, too, it attracted well-deserved attention, first on the Vltava and later on the Orlická dam, where it was discovered in October 1975 by museum staff who transported the
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This unique amphibious aircraft was designed by Saunders Roe at the turn of the 20s and 30s. Its prototype, originally intended for the RAF, first took off on July 16, 1930. The RAF gradually took over 17 machines of this type, mainly for training purposes. However, the other four Cloudys were made as civilians and one of them made a significant mark in the history of CSA as the only amphibian in the entire history of our aviation. It is located in the museum's collections. This is the Saunders Roe A.19 Cloud (OK-BAK), production No. 5, which with the British matriculation G-ACGO first took off in July 1933 as the last civilian Cloud produced. From 1933 to 1934, he was toured European countries, and on August 5, 1933, he landed as the first amphibious aircraft at Kbel Airport. For good flight characteristics and suitable usability for the needs of CSA, it was purchased in 1934 and, at the customer's request, provided with MS. Walter Pollux star engines. From 1935, under the matriculation of OK-BAK, it was included on the regular line Zagreb - Sušak. The machine served until the end of 1938. During World War II, the aircraft was stored at the Exhibition Grounds in Prague Holešovice and after the war was purchased for private use. The wings, engines, floats, tail surfaces and landing gear were dismantled and later destroyed and the hull modified as a houseboat. In this form, too, it attracted well-deserved attention, first on the Vltava and later on the Orlická dam, where it was discovered in October 1975 by museum staff who transported theCamera
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- Reg: OK-BAK photos
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Aircraft:
Saunders Roe A.19/5
- Airline: CSA Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie
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Serial #:
5
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Prague Kbely Air Base - LKKB
- Czech Republic
