Introduction
I saw this "mysterious" aircraft ( small + two engines + tip tanks + twin fins ) crossing the airfield above circuit height at the Airshow Coburg-Brandensteinsebene in August 2004 . I did not recognize it at first, though I know this rare bird since the early sixties and shot the photograph with my Cannon Zoom EF 100-400mm (above left) . After landing it was perfectly clear that I have met a "Morava", with that characteristic face, reminding me of a smart raven out of a comics (picture above right). More pictures of this Let L-200D under the D-GULL link, right.
Having found two very good inflight photos on Austrian Aviation Art website recently, which I´m kindly permitted to use here, inspired me to start this page on the Let L-200 Morava.
History
The four/five seated business and taxi aircraft L-200 Morava evolved as a successor to the Aero 145 .
Three versions have been built in the National Aircraft Works in Kunovice : ( [1] and [4] )
L-200: Initial productiom model, with two 160 hp Walter Minor 6_III engines. First flight : April, 1957
L-200A : Development of L-200 with two 210 hp M337 engines, driving electrically-operated two-blade propellers.
L-200D : Introduced in mid-1962. Basicaly similar to L-200A but with three-blade hydraulically operated constant-speed propellers, strenthened landinng gear, improved electronics and equipment.
