Avia is a Czech aircraft and automotive company notable for producing biplane fighters...especially the B-534, and trucks. History The company was founded in 1919, became part of ?koda in 1928. In 1930s the factory became the biggest aircraft producer in Czechoslovakia and moved to Let?any. During World War II Avia produced aircraft for the Luftwaffe. After the war the company was nationalized and became involved in the automotive industry. It manufactured aircraft up to 1963, then continued to make aircraft engines (only producing props from 1988) and targeted truck production. The company split up in 1992 into propeller and truck sections, both using the Avia brand. Aircraft Before the war the company produced civilian and military aircraft, including the Avia BH-21, Avia B-534 and Avia B-71 (Soviet licensed Tupolev SB). Avia had started building Messerschmitt Me 109 G straight after the war as

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