Prikryl-Blecha aircraft and PB-3 mystery?

[hesham]

Hi,


the Jaroslav Prikryl and Frantisek Blecha were a Czech designers,and they created
many light and sporting aircraft,from PB-1 to PB-7,but the PB-3 was missing from
the series and unknown,does anyone hear about it before ?.


http://folprecht.blog.idnes.cz/c/95044/PB-6-Racek-fotoblog.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,


I check from the book; Ceskoslovenska Letadla 1918-1945,and find enough
Info about it,but no picture was survivor to it !.

 

[Maveric]

P.B. 3

 

[hesham]

Many thanks my dear Maveric.

 

[patvig]

Web page here : http://folprecht.blog.idnes.cz/c/95044/PB-6-Racek-fotoblog.html

 

[Apophenia]

The Smithsonian lists Ardea as the PB-3 manufacturer. So, if Letadla Prikryl-Blecha = Prikryl-Blecha Aircraft, what was Ardea (located at Praha-Vinohrady)? Since the latter is the genus for herons it pops up a lot in searches but no Czechoslovak glider manufacturer

Does anyone have more on the Přikryl-Blecha PBL-3 biplane trainer? Hesham's article says it had a [7-cyl Walter] Venus engine of 90 kW. If I understand correctly, the PBL-3 was aimed at the Yugoslav market but Přikryl and Blecha's Belgrade agent had greatly inflated the price and the deal collapsed.

There is also mention of the Czechoslovak air training organization MLL (Masarykova letecká liga) subsidizing a light sport plane powered by a French Vaslin motor of 9 kW (12 hp). This design was begun around 1929. Was the lightplane actually built?

 

[hesham]

My dear Apophenia,


I think someone from Czech can help us,no info about it on Internet.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

and here is again all papers about this company.