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112 | Er Srbija » Air Serbia nasleđe / her i tage Pre 94 godine, 15. februara 1928, prva srpska nacionalna avio-kompanija Aeroput uspostavila je saobraćaj između Beograda i Zagreba. Istorijski prvi let trajao je dva sata, a prethodile su mu dve godine planiranja i prikupljanja sredstava za realizaciju uzbudljive i rizične ideje osnivanja društva za vazdušni saobraćaj. Temelji srpske civilne avijacije postavljeni su ostvarivanjem vizije pilota i aero-inženjera Tadije Sondermajera. Pod njegovom komandom avion potez 29-2 simboličnog naziva Beograd otisnuo se u istoriju. Građani i predstavnici vlasti u Zagrebu priredili su mu toplu dobrodošlicu, a pet novinara i foto-reportera iz beogradskih redakcija sačuvali su od zaborava prvo putovanje iznad oblaka. Ni tadašnja visoka cena karata, ni strah putnika od letenja nisu predstavljali prepreku za dalji razvoj srpskog vazduhoplovstva. Er Srbija se nalazi na osmommestu liste najstarijih avio-kompanija na svetu koje i dalje posluju. Itwas94yearsago, on 15th February 1928, that Serbia’s first national airline, Aeroput, established air traffic between Belgrade andZagreb. That historic first flight took two hours, but was preceded by two years of planning and fundraising to implement the exciting and risky idea of establishing a commercial airline. The foundations of Serbian civil aviationwere laidwith the realisation of the vision of pilot and aeronautical engineer TadijaSondermajer. It was under his command that a Potez 29-2 biplane, symbolically namedBelgrade, went down in history. He received awarmwelcome fromcitizens and representatives of the authorities in Zagreb, while five journalists and photojournalists fromthe newsrooms of Belgrade immortalised their first journey above the clouds. Neither the high price of tickets at the time nor the passengers’ fear of flying proved to be obstacles to the further development of Serbian aviation.Air Serbia ranks eighth on the list of theworld’s oldest airlines that are still operating. 1928. Er Srbija se seća prvog leta AirSerbiaremembersthe first flight

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