Pardubice Airport

Pardubice Airport (in Czech: Letiště Pardubice) is a military airport permitted to handle international civil air traffic. It is located next to city of Pardubice, Czech Republic. In 1910 Jan Kašpar, an engineer and aviation enthusiast, and his cousin Eugen Čihák bought an airplane Bleriot XI and started with flight experiments on the local military exercise ground in Pardubice. On April 16, 1910 Kašpar flew for the first time and as the first person in Czech lands, about 2 km. In later years he arranged flight exhibitions over the country, most famous being his flight from Pardubice to Prague (120 km) on May 13, 1911. The first flying club in Czech lands was founded in Pardubice on April 26, 1911. The club, named Aviation society in...