Aero Vodochody
Aero L-39 Albatros
Aero Vodochody
Aero L-39 Albatros
Role Military trainer aircraft
Light ground-attack aircraftNational origin Czechoslovakia
Manufacturer Aero Vodochody
Designer Jan Vlček
First flight 4 November 1968
Introduction 28 March 1972
with the Czechoslovak Air Force
Primary users Soviet Air Force
Czechoslovak Air Force
Libyan Air Force
Syrian Air Force
Produced 1971–1996 2023–
Number built 2,900
Developed from Aero L-29 Delfín
Variants Aero L-39NG
Developed into Aero L-59 Super Albatros
Aero L-159 Alca
.
History Aero Vodochody
Aero L-39 Albatros
The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. It is the most widely used jet trainer in the world; in addition to performing basic and advanced pilot training, it has also flown combat missions in a light-attack role. Unusually, the aircraft never received a NATO reporting name.
The low-set, straight wing has a double-taper planform, 2½-deg dihedral from the roots, a relatively low aspect ratio, and 100 litres (26 US gal; 22 imp gal) fuel tanks permanently attached to the wingtips. The trailing edge has double-slotted trailing edge flaps inboard of mass-balanced ailerons; the flaps are separated from the ailerons by small wing fences. An automatic trimming system was present, the flaps and the trim system being connected in order to counteract the potentially large pitch changes that would otherwise be generated by vigorous movements of the flaps. The tall, swept vertical tail has an inset rudder. Variable-incidence horizontal stabilizers with inset elevators are mounted at the base of the rudder and over the exhaust nozzle.[24] Side-by-side airbrakes are located under the fuselage ahead of the wing's leading edge. The flaps, landing gear, wheel brakes and air brakes are powered by a hydraulic system. Controls are pushrod-actuated and have electrically powered servo tabs on the ailerons and rudder. Operational g-force limits at 4,200 kilograms (9,300 lb) are +8/-4 g.
0
KmCeiling
0
KmCombat RANGE
0
Km/hAircraft Speed
0
Max Crew
Aero Vodochody
Aero L-39 Albatros
Photo Gallery
Aero Vodochody
Aero L-39 Albatros
General Info
-
- Crew: 2
- Length: 12.13 m (39 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 9.46 m (31 ft 0 in)
- Height: 4.77 m (15 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 18.8 m2 (202 sq ft)
Powerplant
-
- Empty weight: 3,455 kg (7,617 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,700 kg
- Powerplant: 1 × Ivchenko AI-25TL turbofan engine, 16.87 kN (3,790 lbf) thrust
Performance
- Maximum speed: 750 km/h (470 mph, 400 kn) at 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
- Never exceed speed: 980 km/h (610 mph, 530 kn) / M0.8
- Range: 1,100 km (680 mi, 590 nmi)(internal fuel)
- Ferry range: 1,750 km (1,090 mi, 940 nmi) (internal and external fuel)
- Endurance: two hours and 30 minutes (internal fuel), three hours and 50 minutes (internal and external fuel)
- Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 21 m/s (4,100 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 5 minutes
Armament
- Up to 2,425 pounds of weapons on four underwing hardpoints, including bombs, 57- or 130-mm rocket pods, gun pods, a five-camera reconnaissance pod, or two fuel drop-tanks. Centerline point carried a pod-mounted 23-mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon with 180 rounds
.
Links to Youtube & Others
L-39ZO (Z for Zbraně – weapons) Interim weapon trainer variant for export. Four pylons stressed for 500 kg (1,100 lb) (inboard) and 250 kg (550 lb) (outboard), with total external load of 1,150 kg (2,500 lb). First flew 25 June 1975, with initial deliveries to Iraq in 1977. 337 built.
Aero L-39 Albatros
The L-39 Albatros was designed during the 1960s as a successor to the Aero L-29 Delfín, an early jet-powered principal training aircraft.
Youtube Link
The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody.
Read more in Aero Vodochody
.
