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unusual facts about Aero L-39



Aero Vodochody

Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company, active from 1919, notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros, L-59 Super Albatros and the L-159 Alca.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov

Skvortsov flew L-39, MiG-23 and Su-27 aircraft as a pilot, senior pilot and chief of aircraft formation.

Chavdar Djurov

In 1977, Djurov was a candidate to become the first Bulgarian astronaut, but was killed, together with Ventseslav Yotov, during the trial flight on an L-29.

Colombia–Czech Republic relations

In 2008, during his visit in Colombia, the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek negotiated a potential sale of the combat aircraft Aero L-159 Alca with Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.

Czech Sport Aircraft

After the Second World War the company was re-established and manufactured many different aircraft types, including the Let L-200 Morava, Zlín Z 37, and Aero L-29 Delfín.

Dakota Territory Air Museum

The museum collection includes a Lockheed T-33 jet trainer, Douglas C-47, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Aero L-29 Delfín Soviet jet trainer, the oldest Stolp Starduster biplane in the world and many other civilian airplanes.

Honeywell/ITEC F124

The F124/F125 engine has since been proposed for use on other aircraft, such as the T-45 Goshawk and the SEPECAT Jaguar, and currently powers the Aero L-159 Alca and the Alenia Aermacchi M-346.

In 1994, the F124 engine was selected to power the Czech Aero L-159 Alca light combat aircraft.

Jihostroj

This APU is used in various modifications on the following aircraft Aero L-39, Aero L-159, K-8

M11 motorway

In June 2002, a brake failure on an Aero L-39 Albatross landing at the Imperial War Museum's Duxford Aerodrome caused the plane to run off the end of the runway and down the embankment on to the motorway.

Maksim Surayev

Surayev is qualified to fly L-39 and Su-27 aircraft, and has logged around 700 hours of flight time.

Michigan Triangle

On July 3, 1998, an Aero Vodochody L-39C, N7868M, operated by a commercial pilot, was reported missing over Lake Michigan, in the vicinity west- northwest of Traverse City, Michigan.


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