Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Plzensky kraj

This was my train back to Prague at Rokycany. This 363 Class electric has the new CD blue and grey livery.

This was the World War II memorial in the main square Rokycany. In the final push into Czechoslovakia, Plzensky kraj was taken by the U.S. 3rd Army, famous for their commander General George Patton, as well as for the fact that many exiles from many occupied countries served in it.

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was originally a Nazi German spy plane, but remained in production long after the fall of the Nazi regime, with a number of variants and manufacturers. It is often credited with being one of the first purpose-built STOL aircraft, simply because it has enough lift to take off and land in a very short distance, in spite of its conventional design. I don't know the background of this particular aircraft, but I noted that its cockpit appeared to be fully modern. The newest version of the Storch that I found online was this one: www.slepcevstorch.com The Slepcev is only 3/4 the size of the original, which looks close to the size of the aircraft in the photo.

This was the radnice in Rockycany, with the typical clock tower. The clock appeared to be out of maintenance when I was there, though.

This is a view of the runway at Rokycany airport, which is grass, although some of the taxiways have been trampled to dirt. Because it's a grass runway, it's hard to see in this photo.

This is one of the hangars at the Rokycany airport. For a sport airport that can only service the smallest aircraft, Rokycany has ampler facilities than average, including a tower and snack bar.

This is the station in Rokycany, near Plzen. Rokycany is also the location of a small airport for microlight and ultralight aircraft.

This was a lucky shot that I got coming back to Prague through Plzen.