Registeredd F-BRNC, msn 1079 arrived in Carcassone (in the south of France) the 16th of July 1969 after 4 hr and 56 mn of ferry flight. It flew as an instructor trainer in company with Zlin 326, Zlin 526F, Cap 10 and Stampe SV4.
Having logged 1 100 flight hours it was struck of charge in 1980 and deactivated before being offered for sale.
Sold to a group of three pilots, its new base was then Guéret St Laurent (in the centre of France) where it clocked around 200 flight hours more, before being sold another time. Registered F-AZRV (in CNRAC - the restricted registration for collectors airplanes) Robert Leglise became its new owner in july 2007.
Jacques Habert, president of FFW, bought this Zlin 526 in july 2011 and did a two years total overhaul of the airframe and engine at his own home.
Z526 in flight by Marc TAURAN tmtv.fr