The Country

Geography:
Hungary is located right at the heart of central Europe, and has borders with seven states: Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the east, Romania to the south east, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the south west and Austria to the west.
A large part of the country is flat and extremely fertile, with the Danube river flowing north-south through the middle. A mountainous region - an extension of the Carpathians - runs along the Slovak border and extends into the Great Plain to form the Central Highlands. At the foot of the Central Highlands is Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe. The total land area is 92,340 sq km (35,652 sq miles).
The Population of 9.9 million (2000 figure) comprises 90% of Hungarian origin, 2% German, 1% Romany, 1% Slovak and 6% other ethnic groups - including Serbs and Croats. Some 64% of the people are Roman Catholic, 20% Calvinist, 7% non-religous, 4% Lutheran, 3% Greek Orthodox and 2% other faiths. The capital city is Budapest.

National History:

Summary Narrative History

Timeline - Key Dates in Hungarian History

Further National Information:
BBC News Profile: Hungary
Yahoo Hungary page
wikipedia: Hungary
wikipedia: History of Hungary

Civil Aircraft Registrations:
Hungarian civil aircraft were registered in the series H-Mxxx onwards from 1919, but this changed to HA-xxx onwards in 1935.

An incomplete all-time Hungarian civil aircraft register listing is here.

Military Air Arms:
Current military air arms-
Air Force (Magyar Honvédség Repülö Csapatai)

Historical military air arms-
Red Air Force (Red Airborne Corps/Voros Legjarocsapat) [1918-1919]
Air Force (Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierö) [1938-1945]

Central Government Agencies:
Government
Military Sports Aviation (Magyar Honvedelmi Szovetseg) [1967-1993]

Public Service Aviation:
Medical Aviation
Police Aviation (Rendorseg)

Commercial Aviation:
Malev
Aviaexpress
Wizz Air

wikipedia: Airlines of Hungary
The World's Airlines: Hungary

Private Aviation:
Pannon Air Service

Aircraft Manufacturers:
Corvus Aircraft
Weiss Manfred

Airports, Airfields and Air Bases:
Airports in Hungary

Military Air Bases and Airfields-
Military Air Bases Listing - to be added.

Aviation Museums:
Közlekedési Múzeum
Magyar Repüléstörtenéti Múzeum Alapítvány
Pinter Múvek Hadtörténeti Múzeum

Airshow Dates:
Key Airshow Dates

Aviation-Related Magazines:
Magazines Guide

Magazine Dealers:
Recommended second hand magazine dealers

Aviation Bibliography:
Hungarian Aviation Bibliography - to be added

Aviation Bookshops:
On-line bookshops

Web Links:
Hungarian Aircraft Industry Foundation

Hungarian Aviation History

AIRportal.hu

Hungarian Aviation

Aviation Museums Hungary