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Measured figures
L-29 · Length
Single source10.81 m (35 ft 6 in)[source]
Falcon 900B · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-29 Delfín | Dassault Falcon 900 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft Light attack[source] | Business jet[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Dassault Aviation[source] |
| Designer | Ing. Zdeněk Rublič, Ing. Karel Tomáš and Ing. Jan Vlček[source] | — |
| Status | Limited service; popular civilian warbird[source] | Active service, in production[source] |
20.21 m (66 ft 4 in)[source]
L-29 · Height
Single source3.13 m (10 ft 3 in)[source]
L-29 · Endurance
Single source2 hr 30 min[source]
L-29 · 2,755 ft/min
Single source14.00 m/s (2,755 ft/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] | French Air and Space Force Japan Coast Guard Nigerian Air Force Royal Malaysian Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | 3,665[source] | >500[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1963–1974[source] | 1984–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1961[source] | — |
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| First flight | 5 April 1959[source] | 21 September 1984 ( 1984-09-21 )[source] |
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| Aspect ratio | 5.36:1[source] | 7.63:1[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] | 8,690 kg (19,160 lb)[source] |
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| Stall speed | 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn) (flaps down)[source] | 158 km/h (98 mph, 85 kn) (wheels and 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] | — |
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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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| National origin | — | France[source] |
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| Developed from | — | Dassault Falcon 50[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Dassault Falcon 2000 Dassault Falcon 7X[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 19 passengers[source] |
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