Beneš-Mráz

Beneš-Mráz

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	April 1, 1935 (1935-04-01)
Founders	Pavel Beneš Jaroslav Mráz
Headquarters	Choceň , Czechoslovakia

inž. P. Beneš a inž. J. Mráz, továrna na letadla was a Czechoslovak aircraft producer active during the 1930s.

History

Founded on April 1, 1935, in Choceň by engineers Pavel Beneš and Jaroslav Mráz, Beneš-Mráz developed and built a range of light aircraft based on their own designs until the onset of the Nazi-German occupation. Around 1939-1940, the company adopted the name Ing. J. Mráz, továrna na letadla or Ing. J. Mráz, Flugzeugfabrik. Throughout World War II, the facility was repurposed to manufacture Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" aircraft and DFS Kranich training gliders under license for the German Luftwaffe. After the war concluded, the enterprise was reestablished as Ing. J. Mráz, továrna na letadla, národní správa.

Aircraft

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B-50 Beta Minor

  |   1938  |   10  |   Single-engine touring aircraft | -      |      |    License-built glider | -      |      14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Single engine assault glider built under license | - 1942 | 10 | Single engine touring airplane | -      | 138 | License-built single engine liaison aircraft | - 1946 | 287 | Single engine touring airplane | - 1948 | 1 | Single engine sport airplane | - 1948 | 1 | Single engine utility airplane | -

Model designation	Maiden flight	Quantity produced	Description
Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor	1935	43	Single-engine sport aircraft
Beneš-Mráz Be-51	1936	65	Single-engine sport aircraft
Beneš-Mráz Be-52 Beta-Major	1936	1	Two-seat variant of Be-56; single-engine sport aircraft
Beneš-Mráz Be-53				-
1936	1	Single-engine sport aircraft
Beneš-Mráz Be-60 Bestiola	1935	23	Single-engine utility aircraft
Beneš-Mráz Be-150 Beta-Junior	1937	3	Single-engine sport aircraft
Beneš-Mráz Be-156				-
		Single-engine sport aircraft	-
1937	1	Single-engine sport aircraft	-
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1936	1	Single-engine touring aircraft	-
1936	1	Single-engine touring aircraft	-
1936	25	Single-engine touring aircraft	-

See also

• Aero Vodochody
• Avia
• Let Kunovice
• Letov Kbely
• Zlin Aircraft

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. ISBN 1-55750-939-5
• Taylor, Michael J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions, London, 1989. ISBN 0-517-69186-8
• Vos, Ruud. Luchtvaart 2010. Uitgeverij de Alk bv, Alkmaar, The Netherlands, 2009. ISBN 978-90-6013-490-0

External links

• Czech Aircraft operated by Germans – German Aviation 1919 - 1945
• Civil Aircraft Register – Czechoslovakia – Golden Years of Aviation
• Engineers P. Beneš and J. Mráz, Choceň Aircraft Factory – Helicopters in the Czech Republic