<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Pardubice International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">In 1910, Jan Ka&scaron;par, an engineer and aviation enthusiast, and his cousin Eugen Čih&aacute;k, bought a Bleriot XI aeroplane and started with flight experiments on the local military exercise ground in Pardubice. On April 16, 1910, Kapar flew for the first time and as the first person in Czech lands. In later years, he arranged flight exhibitions over the country, most famously his flight from Pardubice to Prague (120 km) on May 13, 1911.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The first flying club in the Czech Republic was founded in Pardubice on April 26, 1911. The club, named Pardubice Aviation Society ,</p>
<p class="blog-para">had five hangars, but during World War I, its activities stopped. After the war, the place held occasional flight exhibitions. Since the end of 1929, the airport has been used as a training place for aviation enthusiasts. Expanded to 25 hectares, it was one of the largest in the country. Since 1933, the airport has also been used for glider training. Between 1936 and 1937, new modern airport facilities were built. In 1939, the airfield received 39 airplanes from the Soviet Union, including 21 twin-engine bombers.</p>
<p class="blog-para">During the 1990s, the military role of the airport gradually declined. Since 1994, the airport has been used as a training base (34. z&aacute;kladna kolnho letectva), but in 2003, the army reduced the role of the airport to providing maintenance and logistics. In 1993, the company East Bohemian Airport a.s., aiming to open the airport for civil use, was formed. Officially, the airport was opened for civil operation on May 18, 1995. Since November 1, 1996, the airport has been authorized for operation under the Instrument Flight Rules.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="Pardubice  Airport" src="../../../main/img/airport/par/1.webp" alt="Pardubice Airport" width="950px" height="500px"></p>