The 100th anniversary of Hungarian aviation history was celebrated at the 1050 year old city of Székesfehérvár , in 2016 . The city of Székesfehérvár was the capital of Hungary in the Middle Ages : the Seat of Power , where thirty‐seven kings and thirty‐nine queens consort were crowned and fifteen rulers buried .
The Albatross Flying Association , celebrated this important milestone with an Fly‐in at the former military airport in Börgönd , on Sunday , September 11th .
The Fly‐in featured older and perhaps lesser known aircraft , some rare specialties still flying from the Soviet era . The Hungarian Old Timer Foundation operates several of these aircraft that includes ; the Lisunov Li‐2 , the only one flying in the world , originally designated PS‐84 , was a license‐built version of the American Douglas DC‐3 / C‐47 ; the Polikarpov Po‐2 biplane , Erno Rubik ( whose son is the famous designer of the Rubik ' s cube also named Erno Rubik ) designed several aircraft namely the Kanya R‐18 basic trainer and Vöcsök glider . Another designer Emil Bánhidy ' s basic trainer aircraft Gerle 12 was present too .
Boeing N2S3 Stearman , E75 Kaydet along with the Hiller UH‐12D helicopter are rarely seen in Central and Eastern Europe , and two Soviet‐designed Antonov AN‐2 civilian aircraft were flying also . The Hungarian Air Force contributed a Saab JAS‐39C Gripen and a Mi‐8T transport helicopter to the event . The Fly‐in closed with a performance by the World Champion glider pilot Józsa David and European Champion Zoltan Veress .
The following aircraft were present at the fly in : Li‐2 , Po‐2 , R‐18 Kánya , Gerle 12 , N2S3 Stearman , E75 Kaydet , JAS‐39 Gripen , AN‐2 , Morane MS 389E , L‐29 Dolphin ; Vöcsök and Swift S‐1 gliders ; Mi‐8T , Mi‐2 , KA‐26 , Hiller UH 12D , Bell Jet Ranger III helicopters .