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The Aermacchi or Macchi MB-326 is a light military jet trainer designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacter Aermacchi. It is one of the most commercially successful aircraft of its type, being bought by more than 10 countries and produced under licence in Australia, Brazil and South Africa.

The Aermacchi MB-326 was a low-wing monoplane with an all-metal structure composed of light alloys. It was one of the first jet trainers to be developed with the aim of catering to both for ab initio and advanced instruction. As originally developed, the MB-326 functioned as a refined but simple aircraft capable of covering the considerably wide range of performance characteristics required to cover both ab initio training and advanced instruction alike; other major characteristics of the type included the capacity to deliver a high rate of utilization in conjunction with minimised servicing and maintenance requirements. According to Flight International, the type was suitable for the teaching of the majority of advanced flying techniques. In addition to being relatively easy to fly, a high degree of safety was also intentionally built into it, including adoption of new Martin-Baker-built ejection seats.

The MB-326 was powered by a single Rolls-Royce Viper non-afterburning turbojet engine, initial production aircraft were powered by the Viper 11 model, capable of generating up to 2,500 lb of thrust. The engine possessed multiple favourable attributes, including its general simplicity and robustness, relatively low revolutions per minute (RPM) and turbine entry temperature (TET), rapid acceleration, ease of installation, and its somewhat forgiving nature to mishandling in the air by students. Air was provided to the engine via a pair of low-profile intakes set into the wing roots. The Viper was produced under licence by Italian aviation company Piaggio following an agreement established with its original manufacturer, the British engine firm Bristol Siddeley, during 1959

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General Info

Crew: 2 Length: 10.65 m (34 ft 11 in) Wingspan: 10.85 m (35 ft 7 in) with tip-tanks Height: 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) Wing area: 19.35 m² (208.3 sq ft)

Powerplant

- - Gross weight: 2,685 kg (5,919 lb)
  - Max takeoff weight: 4,577 kg (10,091 lb) full internal fuel, wing-tip and underwing tanks
  - Fuel capacity: internals and tip-tanks: 1,392 L (368 US gal; 306 imp gal); internal fuel, wing-tip and underwing tanks: 2,056 L (543 US gal; )
  - Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Siddeley Viper 20 turbojet engine, 15.2 kN (3,410 lbf) thrust

Performance

Maximum speed: 867 km/h (539 mph,
Cruise speed: 797 km/h (495 mph,Never exceed speed: 871 km/h (541 mph, / M0.82 maximum diving speed
Range: 1,850 km (1,150 mi, 1,000 nmi) Fuselage and tip-tanks with 113 L (30 US gal; 25 imp gal) reserve
Service ceiling: 14,325 m (46,998 ft)

Armament

Guns: (optional) 2x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine-guns in the forward fuselage / various pylon-mounted gun pods
Hardpoints: 6 with a capacity of Up to 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) total
Rockets: (optional) 4x 6 kg (13 lb) or 7.5 kg (17 lb) rockets /various pylon-mounted rocket pods
Missiles: (optional) 2x Nord AS.12 missiles
Bombs: (optional) 4x 15 kg (33 lb) or 45 kg (99 lb)

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The MB-339 was developed during the 1970s in response to an Italian Air Force requirement that sought a replacement for the service's existing fleet of Aermacchi MB-326s.

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An Aermacchi MB-339 jet had just taken off in formation to head to Vercelli, where it should have perform an aerial exhibition.

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