Andrej Kvasz a pioneer of aviation in Slovakia, was born of Slovak parents in Békéscsaba, Hungary on November 21s1, 1883. He attended technical school in Budapest and later opened a bicycle and motorcycle repair shop. He made the acquaintance of the designer and aviator Aladár Zsélyi and worked with him as mechanic on the construction of an aeroplane which had its first flight on March 15.th, 1910. A short time later - after Zsélyi had suffered a serious crash - Kvasz himself began to build and fly aeroplanes, usually equipping them with 26 kW (35k) Anzani engines. In 1913 and 1914...