In his time he was one of the most famous aviators of the young Czechoslovak Republic. Although even then he was a bit in the shadow of the first king of the air, František Malkovský. They both flew a red-coloured aviator, both died in it just a few months after each other in 1930.
This mobile lighting and technical airfield kit for czechoslovak air force was developed by Elektrosignal. The KSPL mobile set was even intended to be a unified lighting equipment for the Warsaw Pact airfields.
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