The history of Blaník Aircraft CZ is inseparable from the history of Letňany airfield and the Vysočany–Letňany district in northeast Prague. It was here, in 1918, with the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak Republic, that the golden era of domestic aviation began. The convenient location of the Vysočany–Letňany plain near the capital gave rise to an entire aviation hub: the military-factory airfield complex of Letňany, the factory airfield of the Škoda–Avia concern in Čakovice, and the military-civil international airport of Kbely.

In 1923–1924, Letňany airfield itself was built, and next to it — the Letov aircraft factory, whose historic hangars still stand today, forming a unique architectural complex that documents a century of the Czechoslovak aircraft industry. It was in this very industrial area that the first series-produced aircraft of the independent republic were born, and, after World War II, the legendary all-metal L-13 Blaník gliders — with a production run of more than 2,616 airframes delivered to over 40 countries worldwide.

Today, Blaník Aircraft CZ s.r.o. continues that tradition: we are the Type Certificate (TC) holder for the L-13 Blaník, L-23 Super Blaník and L-33 Sólo gliders, and our production operates under the direct oversight of EASA certification authorities.