Biography:Pavel Beneš
Pavel Beneš (14 June 1894 in Prague – 31 May 1956 in Prague)[1] was a chief designer at ČKD-Praga, one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic.
Beneš was first a founder and chief designer at Avia, along with Miroslav Hajn, in 1919. The two began repairing planes in a workshop within the complex of an old sugar factory in Prague.[2] One year later, they designed their first two-seater plane, the Avia BH-1. From 1923 to 1925, the two developed the BH-7, BH-9, and BH-11 monoplanes, launching the era of biplane fighters. The BH-11 won the Coppa d' Italia prize. Three years later, their BH-21 fighter was considered one of the world's best planes.[3]
In 1930, Beneš and Hajn came to ČKD-Praga. The first aircraft they designed was the Praga E-39 in 1931.[4]
In April 1935, he joined Jaroslav Mráz to form the Beneš-Mráz aircraft factory in Choceň.
References
- ↑ "Pavel Beneš: konstruktér a zakladatel firmy Avia Více" (in cs). 28 February 2010. http://euro.e15.cz/profit/pavel-benes-konstrukter-a-zakladatel-firmy-avia-897440. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ "AVIA: History". AVIA. http://www.avia-as.com/index.php?m=17. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ↑ "Aerospace Industry in the Czech Republic". CzechInvest. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203120101/http://www.czechinvest.org/data/files/aerospace-2008-99-en.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ↑ "Praga E-39 Czechoslovakia - Luftwaffe" (in German). fosvion.com. http://www.rsmodels.cz/?link=view&id=92002&PHPSESSID=d054c4d1863125b0d1f32f513c4f1c79. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
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