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Measured figures
L-29 · Length
Single source10.81 m (35 ft 6 in)[source]
SR20-G3 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-29 Delfín | Cirrus SR20 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft Light attack[source] | Light aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Cirrus Aircraft[source] |
| Designer | Ing. Zdeněk Rublič, Ing. Karel Tomáš and Ing. Jan Vlček[source] | — |
| Status | Limited service; popular civilian warbird[source] | — |
| Primary users | Soviet Air Force (historical) Czechoslovak Air Force (historical) Bulgarian Air Force (historical) Egyptian Air Force (historical) |
26 ft 0 in (7.92 m)[source]
L-29 · with external tanks
Single source894 km (556 mi, 483 nmi) (with external tanks)[source]
SR20-G3 · 1 × Continental IO-360-ES six cylinder, horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine
Single source1 × Continental IO-360-ES six cylinder, horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine , 200 hp (150 kW)[source]
L-29 · 1 × Motorlet M-701c 500 turbojet thrust
Single source1 × Motorlet M-701c 500 turbojet , 8.7 kN (1,960 lbf) thrust[source]
L-29 · Wing area
Single source19.80 m 2 (213.1 sq ft)[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.
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| Number built | 3,665[source] | 2,084 (through 2025)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1963–1974[source] | 1999–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1961[source] | — |
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| First flight | 5 April 1959[source] | 21 March 1995[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] | — |
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| Stall speed | 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn) (flaps down)[source] | 56 kn (64 mph, 104 km/h) CAS[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] | — |
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| Hardpoints | — |
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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 into | — | Cirrus SR22[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 3 passengers (4 using 60/40 flex seating in post-2012 models)[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 3-bladed[source] |
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| National origin | — | United States[source] |
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