Moravan Otrokovice is a Czech

Czech Republic

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 (and formerly Czechoslovak

Czechoslovakia

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) aircraft

Aircraft

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 company located at Otrokovice Airfield, on the outskirst of Otrokovice

Otrokovice

Otrokovice is a town in the Zlín Region, Czech Republic. It is located in a hilly country town centrally located in a region called Moravia and is located on the Morava river. The approximate population in 1967 was 20,000 people. A large shoe factory founded by Tomáš Baťa provided work for many....

.

The company was founded in 1934 and since then has built over 5,600 aircraft. It is best known for its training and aerobatic planes, such as the Zlin 242.

After the fall of Communism

Velvet Revolution

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 (1989) in Czechoslovakia, the company was forced to compete on the international market. In 2001 the company bought collapsing competitor Let Kunovice

Let Kunovice

Aircraft Industries, a.s., operating as Let Kunovice, is a Czech civil aircraft manufacturer. Its most successful design has been the L-410 Turbolet, of which more than 1000 units have been built...

, but they both collapsed in 2004. The company has a new Irish owner now and is still producing Zlin aircraft, mainly Z 142 C, Z 242 L, Z 143 L and Z 143 LSi (see official site).

Zlin Aircraft

Model	Production	Piezas producidas
Glider
ZLIN I	1933-1935	11
ZLIN II	1933	1
ZLIN III	1934	1
ZLIN IV	1934-1935	6
ZLIN V	1934-1935	121
ZLIN VII	1934	2
ZLIN VI	1935-1936	28
ZLIN X	1936	3
ZLIN VIII	1936	2
New aircraft
Kl 35B	1939-1942	323
Bücker 181	1941-1945	783
Helicopter
HC 2, HC 102	1957-1962	36
Z 35, Z 135	1960	1
Powered Aircraft
Zlín Z-20	1939-1946	1
Zlín Z-181	1945-1946	71
Zlín Z-281	1946-1949	79
Zlín Z-192	1946-1949	2
Zlín Z-381	1947-1953	315
Zlín Z-22	1949-1950	31
PLK 5	1950	1
Glider
Zlín Z-13, Zlín Z-113	1946-1949	211
Zlín Z-24	1946-1949	301
Zlín Z-25	1947-1949	101
Zlín Z-30, Zlín Z-130	1948-1952	41
Zlín Z-124	1949-1950	4
Zlín Z-125	1950-1952	151
Zlín Z-225	1952	1
Zlín Z-425	1954	1
Engines
Persy I	1935-1937	31
Persy II	1936-1939	270
Persy III	1939	3
Toma 4	1946-1949	106
Toma 6	1949	2
Tornos
Herkules H1	1948	6
Herkules H2	1949-1952	153
Herkules H3	1957-1961	522
Trainers
Zlín Z-26	1947-1951	164
Zlín Z-126	1954-1956	167
Zlín Z-226 A, B, T, AS	1956-1961	364
Zlín Z-326 A, TM	1959-1968	436
Zlín Z-526 Zlin Z-526 - External links :**-See also:...  F, L, A, AS, AF, AFS, FI	1966-1974	325
Zlín Z-726 U, K	1973-1974	32
Agricultural aircraft Agricultural aircraft An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use - usually aerial application of pesticides or fertilizer ; in these roles they are referred to as "crop dusters" or "top dressers"...
Zlín Z-37	1962-1985	739
Zlín Z-37 T	1985-1994	51
Aerobatic aircraft
Zlín Z-50 Zlin Z-50 -References:* Firth, John. . Flight International, 20 September 1980. p. 1183.* Frazer, Jeanne. . Flight International, 23 September 1978. pp. 1156–1157.* Postlethwaite, Alan. . Flight International, 2 July 1988. pp. 33–36....  L, LS, LX, LE, M	1975-1994	83
Serie 40
Zlín Z-43, Z 143 S, L	1974-1981	87
Zlín Z-42 M, MU, L	1974-1980	193
Zlín Z-142 L, C, CAF	od 1979	364
Zlín Z-242 L, LA	od 1992	125
Zlín Z-143 L	od 1993	54
Zlín Z-143 LSi	od 2004	2
Total		| 7166