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NATO Days and Czech Air Force Days 2018

in Ostrava to honor Czechoslovakia centennial

This year’s Ostrava NATO Days will be one of the most influential public events in the whole of the

Czech Republic, focusing on celebrating the 100th anniversary of the creation of Czechoslovakia, along

with Czech Air Force Days. The United States of America will be the partner country for NATO Days.

“I have been drowning myself in magazines about

aviation and aerospace ever since I was young, but it

wasn’t until the Ostrava NATO Days and the Czech Air

Force Days, that I got to see the machines I had read

so much about in real life, and make that childhood

dream come true,” says Ivo Vondrák, the Governor of

the Moravian-Silesian Region, who had been the most

influential partner for the event since last year, and will

support the performance of the Janáček Philharmonic

of Ostrava at the Mošnov Airport.

It will be incredible to see with our own eyes

the machines that our grandfathers and greatgrandfathers used to defend the independence,

freedom, and values we cannot -- cannot! -- take for

granted, especially in this day and age, alongside the

most modern creations contemporary aerospace

technology has to offer. The city of Ostrava has been

among the top partners of the event, financially as

well as in designing the program, for many years now.

”I am happy to say, that this year is no different, and

I hope that it will continue to be like this in the

future,” says the governor of Ostrava, Tomáš

Macura.

„This year, we will be paying extra attention to

historical Czechoslovakian technology in stationary

exhibits, however, visitors can also look forward to

many historical vehicles and replicas which will,

along with the most modern Czech- and foreignmade vehicles, provide a one-of-a-kind program

that will not be available anywhere else in the Czech

Republic and only seen in a couple of other places

around Europe,“ states Zbyněk Pavlačík, chairman

of the company organizing the event, Jagello 2000.

Multiple subjects took part in securing the historical

vehicles, the Silesian State Museum, which is the coorganizer of the event this year, the Czech army, and,

exclusively this year, Škoda Auto, a special partner

of the event, and the holding Czechoslovak Group.

NATO Days and the Czech Air Force Days 2018 will

take part on the 15-16 of September at the Airport

of Leose Janaček Ostrava, and there is free entry.

Text a foto:

www.natodays.cz

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