Pilots reenact historic Prague-Brussels flight

Two replica aircraft, an Avia BH 5 and an Avia BH 1, have taken to the skies this Saturday to reenact a historic air race between Prague and Brussels. Pilots Milan Mikulecký and Marcel Sezemský are seeking to retrace the route flown by Czech pilot Zdeněk Lhota in 1923. Lhota won the air race, organized by the king of Belgium, in what was a proud moment for Czech aviation. Eighty-five years later, Messrs Mikulecký and Sezemský made the aircraft they are flying in themselves. The pilots have changed the route they will be taking slightly from the original, given the different levels of air traffic in today’s skies. They are expected to touch down in Brussels on Tuesday.