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3 unusual facts about Aero L-39 Albatros


Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov

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

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.


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.

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.


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