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Unique realistic airliner simulator

Help us with the completion of a world unique Douglas DC-9 simulator that crashed in Czechoslovakia in 1975 and enjoy a pleasant flight or experience the feelings the pilots had just before the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol.

Author: Petr Bílý

EUR 4,258
pledged of EUR 19,786

21%

21% completed

45 contributors pledged

Technology, Education

Liberec, Liberecký kraj, Česká republika

All or nothing. Project finished on Jan 7, 2017 at 20:36.

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Who we are?

We are a team of enthusiasts from different corners of our country, who acquired the front part of a decommissioned Douglas DC-9 in Canada and decided for a unique way of bringing this aircraft to life. All devices are left unchanged and we simulate (contrary to standard simulators) conditions that are identical to conditions in the given flight phase (atmospheric pressure, vacuum, velocity, temperature, electrical capacity, voltage, electric current, etc.). After three years and more than 10,000 hours of work we can say that all the systems are functional. The only thing we are still missing is a perfect cockpit view.


Model of planned cylindrical projection with height of 3m and diameter of 6m

Our goals

  1. Collect the finance for display device* (quality and size of which is unmatched in Europe), that will help us to achieve the maximum enjoyment of the flight.
  2. Open the simulator to the public. Those of you who contribute can enjoy the simulator much earlier.
  3. Reconstruct and try to clarify the mystery of the crashed aircraft in Suchdol in 1975.

​​* Cylindrical projection with a projection screen larger than 42 square metres, five powerful beamers and two LCDs.

What you get in return for your contribution?

  • Giving “Thanks”  by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole directly from the cockpit in the height of 12km above the ground
  • Original coasters, cups, magnets, tags, t-shirts or a comic. All these things were produced for this project only as a thankyou for your help. And you cannot buy them anywhere else.
  • Take a ride in Tesla Model S. An unforgettable experience of acceleration and smooth, quiet ride in the best volume produced electric car. All this, including interpretation and answers to your questions.
  • Instruction and flight with the simulator for an individual or for entire groups including refreshments on board.
  • Simulation of a problem in the cockpit…..can you land safely and save the passengers?
  • Photo flight in real Cessna 172 in the Czech Republic
  • Flight in a propperal single-engine aircraft with the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole
  • Acrobatic flight with the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole

Support us and choose your reward

What does the captain of a really big airliner Tomas Nevole say about our project?

In 2013, when I heard for the first time about a group of enthusiasts who brought a cockpit of a decommissioned popular airliner, I thought that many people collect all sorts of artifacts in their plots. In 2015, on the anniversary of the disaster, Czech TV informed about the advanced stage of transition to the simulator. As I am a captain of airliners, I started keeping an eye on the project and decided to support the whole idea and project. I have never piloted  Douglas DC-9, therefore I am really looking forward to the moment when the project is completed and after a couple hours of training I will have the possibility to experience the flight simulation and disaster reconstruction. And then I can conscientiously say how much the system is entirely authentic.

How did it all begin?

Three years ago, on April 27, 2013 at 2:38 PM I wrote to one Canadian enthusiast who was selling an old cockpit of Douglas DC-9 which was fully equiped with inoperable avionics:

“I am very interested in purchasing cockpit of DC-9. Is it still available? Can you please send me some more detailed photos?”.

That was the day when an ordinary man began to hope in a world unique thing. It was the day when I was convinced again that even a small group of smart people in the Czech Republic who are full of optimism and enthusiasm can accomplish something big. Contracts, loading, transport……

 

…it was not easy, but on August 9, 2013, I touched the DC-9 for the first time. It was incredibly strong moment.

Airliner DC-9

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American twin-engine airliner designed for short flights with capacity for up to 135 passengers. It is the first model in the family of aircrafts designed by McDonnell Douglas, which was later acquired by Boeing.


Photo of our cockpit before its decommissioning and cutting up

DC-9 took its place in the Czechoslovak history when it crashed in Prague-Suchdol in 1975. Once the simulator is completed, we will try to reconstruct the air disaster.


Present photo of our cockpit with functional devices


Photo of backlit engine panel

Suchdol 1975 - the largest air disaster in our country

It is the year 1975. After take-off from the airport in Tivat, the entire flight seems quite as normal, with no complications. The weather was clear but above Czechoslovakia the sky became cloudy. Sometimes, it was possible to see the landscape in the gaps between the clouds. Cabin crew began with preparation for landing. The aircraft was last heard at 9:19 AM. The control tower call at 9:21 AM was left without crew respond. At 9:28 AM was the aircraft crash announced for the first time. Air disaster claimed 79 lives. Downfalls are still unclear. After considering all the facts it is certain that there were more mistakes.


DC-9 dashboard, crashed aircraft on the left, our cockpit on the right

Tragedy facts

  • Downfall of Yugoslavian aircraft on October 30, 1975 is the largest air disaster in the Czech Republic

  • During the preparation for landing, the aircraft crashed into Sedlecka rock above the river Vltava in Prague-Suchdol

  • 79 passengers lost their lives, including two pilots and two flight attendants, 41 passengers survived the accident

  • The circumstances under which the tragedy occurred, has never been fully clarified. The official version blamed the pilots

  • This event took its place in the rescue history. All the injured and wounded passengers were extricated from the wreckage within half an hour after the crash

Surely most of you know the Czech TV series “Ambulance”, where the main heroes drive out to the aircraft wreckage. It was the flight from Tivat to Prague which unfortunately crashed in Suchdol.

Thank you all for your support!

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    Simulation of the air disaster of 1975

    In return for your support, you will get an online document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol. You will learn many details about this air disaster.
     

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    EUR 7.91
    (CZK 200)

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    Thanks from the height

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    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 9.89
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    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 11.87
    (CZK 300)

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    Aircraft coasters

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    EUR 19.79
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    *Please add adequate amount for shipping costs to your country when sending abroad.

     

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    ​Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    *Please add adequate amount for shipping costs to your country when sending abroad.
     

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    EUR 27.70
    (CZK 700)

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    15-minute instruction and familiarization with the cockpit of the airliner + 15 minutes spent on piloting of the airliner DC-9. Experience take-off and landing at the airport in Tivat or Prague.

    ​Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

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    (CZK 1,000)

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    ​Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

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    (CZK 1,800)

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    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

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    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

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    EUR 114.76
    (CZK 2,900)

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    15-minute instruction and familiarization with the cockpit of the airliner + 60 minutes spent on piloting of the airliner DC-9. Experience the engines starting, taxiing to the runway and entire flight from Prague to Brno. Including take-off  and landing.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

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    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

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    EUR 138.50
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    Everything on the board of the world unique simulator of Douglas DC-9

    It takes 60 minutes (+15 minute instruction) and is intended for two people. After the flight, you can enjoy sitting at our air bar with a countryside view.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 158.29
    (CZK 4,000)

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    It takes 90 minutes a it is intended for 5 people. After the flight you can spend a nice time at the air bar.

    ​Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 193.91
    (CZK 4,900)

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    A fateful flight or what has happened aboard the ill-fated flight JP-450 from Tivat to Prague

    After a 15-minute instruction you sit in the aircraft DC-9 with flight number JP-450.  115 passengers get on the plane in Tivat.  As every week, you start from Tivat and fly to Prague. The weather outside is the same as it was on October 30, 1975. The information you get from air traffic controllers will also be the same. Will you make the same mistakes as the Yugoslavian pilots? The entire simulation lasts 3 hours.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 233.48
    (CZK 5,900)

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    Birthday party in the sky

    Come and celebrate birthday in our air bar. You will have the opportunity to test the functions of Douglas DC-9 for 3 hours.  Destination, weather and any failures can be chosen by you. Likewise, you can experience the situation in Suchdol in 1975.

    Up to 10 people can take part in the birthday party with the fact that in the cockpit can be a maximum of 5 people. The others can watch from the bar what is happening in the cockpit.
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    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 391.77
    (CZK 9,900)

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    Simulation of catastrophic scenarios + air bar all inclusive

    Are you excited about emergency situations that experienced pilots of real airliners when they had to deal with system failures, lack of fuel or the weather? This package is exactly for you. Landing on the river Hudson without engines, landing in extreme storm, landing in the day or night. You can try a take-off and landing at the hardest airports in the world. All this you will experience personally with the world unique flight simulator of airliner Douglas DC-9.

    It lasts for 6 hours and is intended for a maximum of 5 people. During the flight, you can sit in the air bar with a countryside view. Drinks are for free.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 989.32
    (CZK 25,000)

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    Observation flight over the tragic disaster

    Real observation flight with the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 trained to Douglas DC-9 over the place of the tragic disaster in Suchdol. After the observation in Suchdol you try to fly over the runway at the airport Vaclav Havel. It also includes piloting of the flight simulator DC-9 together with the captain Tomas Nevole. The observation flight lasts one hour and you can enjoy 6 hours with flight simulator. During the flight, you can sit comfortably in the air bar overlooking the countryside. Drinks are completely free. The simulator is designed for a maximum of 10 people. Observation flight is for one person.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 1,582.90
    (CZK 40,000)

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    Corporate party for 15 people with an unforgettable experience

    Take your staff for a great party. Sitting at the air bar with a view from the aircraft and a view into the cockpit, free drinks, you can fly until you fall asleep, from anywhere to anywhere. There are no limits, except number of people. We can definitely agree on the date.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 2,374.36
    (CZK 60,000)

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    Aerobatic flight or how do passengers feel during downfall

    Experience the feeling of a downfall. Experience a real aerobatic flight with the aerobatic pilot, instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole. It also includes piloting of the unique flight simulator DC-9 together with the real captain of an airliner. The aerobatic flight lasts 20 minutes and then you can enjoy 6 hours in the unique simulator. During the flight, you can sit comfortably in the air bar overlooking the countryside. Drinks are completely free. The simulator is designed for a maximum of 10 people. Acrobatic flight is for one person only.

    Within 6 months, you will also receive a document from the simulation of the air disaster in Prague-Suchdol and giving “Thanks” by the instructor and captain of Boeing 737-800 Tomas Nevole from the height of 12,000 m.

    Reward delivery: in over a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 3,165.81
    (CZK 80,000)

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