Su-7BM - Kunovice, Czech Republic - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

Kunovice Aviation Museum was founded in 1970 by members of the Moravian Aeroclub, Alois Hrácek and Jirí Marek. Initially it was built as a museum or cooperative aircraft produced in a factory in Kunovice (visit link) .

The air museum at Kunovice focuses its exhibition primarily on aircraft built by the Let company (visit link) , which has its headquarters at the Kunovice airport (visit link) . Let was originally established as a branch of the Prague based Avia company in 1936 assigned to do maintenance on Avia built aircraft. Let came into its own as a manufacturer in the 1950s initially by producing designs of other companies.

The museum’s collection also includes a selection of former Czechoslovak air force aircraft including MiG-15, MiG-19 and MiG-21 fighter jets as well as Sukhoi Su-7 attack aircraft, a Mil Mi-4 helicopter and two variants of the Avia Av-14 transport, the Av-14 being the Czech license built version of the Illyushin Il-14.


Su-7
The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter-A) was a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Soviet Union in 1955. Originally, it was designed as tactical, low-level dogfighter, but was not successful in this role. On the other hand, the soon-introduced Su-7B series became the main Soviet fighter-bomber and ground-attack aircraft of the 1960s. The Su-7 was rugged in its simplicity but its shortcomings included short range and low weapon load.



Su-7BM No. 5530
Date of Production: 1965
Serial Number / Registration Code: 5530
Operator: 1965-1977 - 28th Fighter Bomber Air Regiment
1977-1988 20th Fighter Bomber Air Regiment
Date of Decommissioning: 1988
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Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Su-7BM Tail Number: (S/N): 5530 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Kunovice Aviation Museum inside / outside: outside Access restrictions: https://www.museum-kunovice.cz/muzeum/otviraci-doba2/ Other Information:: Not listed

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Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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