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#I39 ALBATROSS SIMULATOR#

Flaps deflect 25° for take-off, 44° for landing aileron's deflect 16° up or down air brakes deflect 55° downward.Electronically-operated servo tab in each aileron port tab, used also for trim, is operated by electromechanical actuator.Small fence above and below each trailing-edge between flap and aileron.Flaps retract automatically when Airspeed reaches 167 kn (310 km/h 193 mph).All-metal double-slotted trailing-edge flaps, operated by push/pull rods actuated by a single hydraulic jack.One-piece all-metal stressed-skin structure, with main spar and auxiliary spar four-point attachment to fuselage.Sweepback 6° 26' on leading-edges, 1° 45' at quarter-chord.Cantilever low-wing monoplane, with 2° 30' dihedral from roots.Two-seat basic and advanced jet trainer.The following description applies to the production L-39C trainer version, except where indicated: Weapon system training, ground attack and reconnaissance version, with under-fuselage gun and four underwing weapon stations reinforced wings and landing gear. Aero L-39Z Albatros: ('Z' for Zbrojní: armed).Export customers include the air forces of Iraq and Libya.

Jet trainer with four underwing weapon stations and reinforced wings.

Aero L-39Z0 Albatros: ('Z' for Zbrojní: armed).

In service with the air forces of Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, Germany (Democratic Republic) and the USSR. Basic and advanced flying training version, to which the following detailed description chiefly applies.

Aero L-39C Albatros: ('C' for Cvicný training).

Official Czechoslovak designations for the different Aero L-39 versions are as follows: On average, pupils solo after approximately 12 hours' dual instruction on the Aero L-39 “Albatros”. The Aero L-39 Albatross is used in Czechoslovakia for all pilot training, including that of helicopter pilots. Production had totaled almost 1,000 by the early 1981. The aircraft is capable of operation from grass strips (with a bearing strength of 6 kg/cm 2 85 psi) up to 4,600 kg (10,141 lbs) T-O weight, or from unprepared runways.īy May 1977, when the Aero L-39 “Albatros” made its first appearance in the West, at the Paris Air Show, some 400-500 were in service with several air forces.

#I39 ALBATROSS SIMULATOR#

The L-39 “Albatros” forms part of a comprehensive training system which includes a specially designed pilot training flight simulator (TL-39), a pilot ejection ground training simulator (NK-TL-29/39), and vehicle-mounted mobile test equipment (AKC-KL-39). Slightly larger and longer intake trunks were fitted after preliminary flight tests. By the end of 1970, five flying prototypes and two for ground testing had been completed.

The first flight, on 4 November 1968, was made by the second aircraft. Two prototype airframes were built initially, of which the first was used for structural testing. The Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” basic and advanced jet trainer was developed in the Aero works at Vodochody by a team led by the chief designer, Dipl Ing Jan Vlcek, working in close cooperation with the USSR. Marc Matthews, M.D., USAF (retired)) 2ġ980 Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” (NX151XX, s/n 031616) photographed on () at the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (Photos by Lt. Aero Vodochody Aero L-39C Albatros specifications and photosĬzechoslovak, Two-seat Basic and Advanced Jet Trainerġ987 Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” (N139JT, s/n 734156) on display () at the 2000 Aviation Expo, Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, California (John Shupek photos) 1ġ979 Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” (N39DF, s/n 931320) on display () at the 2000 NAS Point Mugu, California (John Shupek photos) 1ġ979 Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” (N239BJ, s/n 931510) on display (c.1987) at the Mojave Airport, Mojave, California (John Shupek photos) 1ġ979 Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” (N4679B, s/n 931332) on display () at the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Portage, Michigan (John Shupek photos) 1ġ976 Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” (NX143XX, s/n 630648) photographed on () at the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (Photos copyright © 2012 Lt.