History
Automobil Production History
| 1911 | Josef WALTER Ltd. was founded by Mr. Josef Walter. Building of the plant on current place was started. Company was dealing with production of motorcycles and motor tricycles |
| 1913 | WALTER W-I car line production successfully started |
| 1919 | WALTER was registered as a joint stock company |
| 1920 to 1930 | Production of P-I (20 HP), P-II (25 HP), P-III (30 HP), P-IV (35 HP) cars continued. |
| 1928 | WALTER 4-B (35 HP) and WALTER 6-B (60 HP) production started. These cars were also very successful, famous WALTER STANDARD (60 HP), SUPER (70 HP), REGENT (70 HP) and ROYAL were later subsequently developed on their base. |
| 1930 to 1937 | FIAT 514 (marked as WALTER BIJOU) and FIAT BALILLA 508 (marked as WALTER JUNIOR) license production. |
| 1954 | WALTER automobile production was closed in 1954 by delivery of the last WALTER designed AERO Minor |
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| WALTER NZ60 (1923) |
WALTER Bora (1932) |
WALTER Merkur (1932) |
WALTER Scolar (1937) |
Aircraft Piston Engines - Pre War Events
| 1923 | Production of licensed BMW in-line water cooled aircraft engines started. First WALTER designed aircraft engine (NZ 60) was certified and its line production started |
| 1920 to 1930 | WALTER designed family of air cooled radial piston engines based on NZ-60 produced. Its members like NZ-120, POLARIS, VEGA, VENUS, MARS, BORA GEMMA and SCOLAR founded the fame of the WALTER make. BMW licensed W-III and W-IV aircraft engines production successfully continued. |
| 1928 | Start of new engine series production. The first member of the series - WALTER CASTOR - certified. Other members followed by REGULUS, POLLUX II, SUPER CASTOR. |
| 1930 to 1937 | Successful license production of BRISTOL JUPITER and MERKUR started followed by PEGAS. Line production of first WALTER designed in-line inverted air-cooled four and six cylinder MAJOR, MINOR and MIKRON started. |
| 1936 | New WALTER design SAGITTA - air cooled inverted twelve cylinder in-Vee engine was introduced. |
| WALTER aircraft engines were used in Air Forces of 13 countries before the WW II. | |
| 1939 to 1945 | Line production of licensed ARGUS aircraft engines. |
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| WALTER M05 (1952) | WALTER M332 (1956) | WALTER M701 (1960) |
After War Events, MOTORLET Era - till 1995
| 1945 | WALTER plant survived the war intact. Line production of BMW 003A had been prepared at the end of the war, but none of engine was produced. |
| 1945 to 1949 | M01 jet engine of WALTER design was prepared, but discarded after decision to produce Soviet licensed engines. Production of piston engines continued by MIKRON and MINOR. |
| 1946 to 1949 | WALTER AIRCRAFT ENGINES nationalized and the name of the company changed to MOTORLET n.e. |
| 1950 | Line production of jet engine M05 ( a Soviet RD-45 jet engine based on RR NENE ) prepared. |
| 1952 | First M05 delivered. The engine powered a license build MiG 15s, exported in many countries. |
| 1954 | M06 (license of Soviet VK-1) production started. |
| 1956 | M332 piston engine production started |
| 1956 | M06F version equipped with afterburner production introduced. |
| 1959 | M337 piston engine production started |
| 1952 to 1962 | Total of 5094 M05 and M06 engines were built. |
| 1960 | First flight of L 29 Delfin equipped with WALTER M701 engine |
| 1964 | Piston engine production closed and handed over to AVIA. In current time WALTER designed piston engines are produced in LOM Malesice |
| 1975 | Production of first WALTER designed turboprop engine M601 started (model M601A). |
| 1986 | M601E introduced |
| 1995 | Name of the company WALTER restored, WALTER a.s. founded |
| 2005 | Internal streucture of WALTER a.s. was changed, aviation production part of the company with name of WALTER AIRCRAFT ENGINES founded |
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