Hungary – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:34:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Hungary – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Blériot XI replica with Anzani engine displayed in Budapest https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/02/10/bleriot-xi-replica-with-anzani-engine-displayed-in-budapest/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/02/10/bleriot-xi-replica-with-anzani-engine-displayed-in-budapest/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:29:30 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2966

Continue reading]]> Blériot XI IF-BLE (Photo Hungarian Vintage Glider Club)

(Photo Hungarian Vintage Glider Club)

From the Early Aero blog: a Blériot XI replica, similar to the one used by Louis Blériot to cross the Channel and built from contemporary blueprints was recently displayed in the Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary. The replica is powered by a 3-cylinder Anzani engine replica.

Built by the Hungarian Vintage Glider Club, it has received a certificate of airworthiness and is registered IF-BLE, although no plans for flight testing have been announced.

]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/02/10/bleriot-xi-replica-with-anzani-engine-displayed-in-budapest/feed/ 0 MiG-15 takeoff accident https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/07/20/mig-15-takeoff-accident/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/07/20/mig-15-takeoff-accident/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:51:28 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=381 A Lim-2 (Polish-built version of the MiG-15) crashed on take-off on July 18 in Szolnok, Hungary. The two pilots exaped unharmed but the aircraft was seriously damaged. It had recently flown for the first time since its restoration by the Goldtimer Foundation.

Pictures can be found here and here.

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