The Zlin Z-50 series of high-performance aerobatic monoplanes was introduced to the Moravan Narodni Podnik of Otrokovice range of light Zlin aircraft in 1976 and was successful for some years in unlimited aerobatic competition.

Known as Project Skyward, work upon which commenced during World War II in March 1943, the DCA Fleep, as it was known, was a conversion of a Willys 4 x 4 ¼-ton Jeep to accept a gyrocopter head so it could be flown to battle areas