Two Morava planes head for North Pole to mark 50th anniversary of launch

Two Czechoslovak L-200 Morava planes left for the North Pole on Tuesday, marking the 50th anniversary of the plane’s launch. The L-200 Morava was one of the few light aircrafts to be exported from behind the Iron Curtain in the communist era. The North Pole Expedition 2008 is also intended to mark 90 years of Czech aviation.