The Prague aviation factory Aero paradoxically entered the automobile industry in times when many – even renowned – automobile industries started to involuntarily drop out under the influence of the developing economic crisis. Looking for an alternative production program to overcome stagnation, the company management decided to bet on production of the popular small car ENKA by the engineer Břetislav Novotný, who under the name Aero 500 had already presented himself to the public at the Prague Motor Show of 1929. This small, simple, lovely and (thanks to a two-stroke engine) also highly dynamic vehicle quickly gained popularity not just among...