A New Role for the Beta Family Following the Be 50 Beta Minor, the Beneš–Mráz factory continued to develop its low-wing concept. One result was the Be 52 Beta Major, designed for training and...
History
Be 50 Beta Minor: The Low‑Wing Aircraft That Set the Direction
Design Philosophy: A Clean Low‑Wing as the New Standard By the mid‑1930s, Ing. Pavel Beneš was convinced that the cantilever low‑wing configuration represented the optimal aircraft layout for most...
Be 60 Bestiola: The First Step on the Path from Wood to Carbon
When the company Ing. P. Beneš, Ing. J. Mráz, Aircraft Factory was founded in Choceň on 1 April 1935, it needed one thing above all: a first type on which the entire enterprise would learn to...
From the Bestiola to the M‑8 EAGLE: 91 Years of Orličan
The First Republic and the State of Czech Aviation The First Czechoslovak Republic attributed an almost symbolic role to aviation. Editor A. R. Hartman described it as “a unifying national symbol...
80 years since the first flight of the legendary M‑1 Sokol aircraft
Variants of the M‑1 Sokol Aircraft The Sokol underwent rapid development and several versions were created. The M‑1B was a variant equipped with the Zlín‑built Toma 4 engine, which ultimately proved...
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