At the Olympic Games 1936, held in Berlin, the program included aviators, Czechoslovakia entered three pilots – Lt. František Novak, Ambrus and Wide. They all received brand new Ba-122. Novak took third place.
For competition in Saint-Germain, France in 1938, Novak assembled an improved B-122, later called the B-422. Novak came second.
After his return to Czechoslovakia, Novak organized an aerobatic team of nine airmen for various events.
Lt. František Novak declined to serve with Luftwaffe after the Germans had occupied the Czech and Moravian lands on March 15, 1939. He fled to France via Poland and died there in Apríl 1940. His remains were airlifted to Czech Republic in August 2002 and laid in their final resting place at his native village of Sokolec nr. Nymburk, Central Bohemia.
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