My dreams as a small boy became reality, despite the many obstacles I faced.
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Ing. Mirko Červený was born in Mladá Boleslav on April 2nd 1935. He studied local elementary school, and in 1950 he began his vocational training in the state-owned car factory AZNP where he learnt to work as a lathe operator. He then continued his studies, specializing in aircraft engines and graduating with excellent marks in 1956. His work placement was to the factory Avia Praha Letňany in Prague where he worked in the quality control of aircraft propellers production. After he had finished military service he began working in Avia’s aircraft engine construction department. In 1960 he made use of the offer to study a university simultaneously with his work, and he thus signed up for evening classes at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) in Prague. He graduated in 1966. In the course of his studies he married and he returned to work in the AZNP company in Mladá Boleslav. From 1991 until 2004 he was in charge of the aerodynamics and vehicle data group. He was active in Automotoklub Škoda, and until 1970 he also served as a member of the training committee for automobile sport and as member of the technical subcommittee of the General Automobile Club in Prague. From 1974 until the 1980s he was a member of the Rally Škoda (later Rally Bohemia) directorate.
