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Measured figures
L-29 · Length
Single source10.81 m (35 ft 6 in)[source]
L-59E · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-29 Delfín | Aero L-59 Super Albatros |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft Light attack[source] | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Aero Vodochody[source] |
| Designer | Ing. Zdeněk Rublič, Ing. Karel Tomáš and Ing. Jan Vlček[source] | — |
| Status | Limited service; popular civilian warbird[source] | Out of production, in service |
12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
L-29 · Endurance
Single source2 hr 30 min[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary users | Soviet Air Force (historical) Czechoslovak Air Force (historical) Bulgarian Air Force (historical) Egyptian Air Force (historical)[source] | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | 3,665[source] | 80[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1963–1974[source] | 1986–1996[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1961[source] | — |
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| First flight | 5 April 1959[source] | 30 September 1986[source] |
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| Aspect ratio | 5.36:1[source] | — |
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| Airfoil | NACA63 2 A217 at root, NACA 64 2 A212 at tip[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 962 L (254 US gal; 212 imp gal), provision for 2× 150 L (40 US gal; 33 imp gal) external tanks[source] | 1,537 L (406 US gal; 338 imp gal) including tip tanks[source] |
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| Stall speed | 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn) (flaps down)[source] | 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) (flaps down)[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | 820 km/h (510 mph, 440 kn)[source] | — |
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| Guns | 2x 7.62mm machine gun pods on hardpoints[source] | one GSh-23L cannon in under-fuselage pod[source] |
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| Hardpoints | four underwing hardpoints with a capacity of inner hardpoints 500 kg (1,100 lb)capacity, outer hardpoints 250 kg (550 lb)[source] |
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| Rockets | 8× air-to-ground rockets[source] | — |
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| Bombs | 2× 100 kg (220 lb) bombs[source] | — |
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| Developed from | — | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] |
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| Variant | — | Aero L-159 ALCA[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Czechoslovakia[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 26, cell 2; revision 1374778711; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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