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Measured figures
L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
An-12 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Antonov An-12 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Cargo aircraft / military transport aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Irkutsk Aviation Plant Tashkent Mechanical Plant[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
33.1 m (108 ft 7 in)[source]
An-12 · 4 × Ivchenko AI-20L or AI-20M turboprop engines (4,000 shp) each equivalent
Single source4 × Ivchenko AI-20L or AI-20M turboprop engines, 3,000 kW (4,000 shp) each equivalent[source]
L-59E · 1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan thrust
Single source1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan , 21.57 kN (4,850 lbf) thrust[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Soviet Air Forces (historical) Russian Air Force Ukraine Air Alliance Cavok Air[source] |
| Number built | 80[source] | 1,248[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 1957–1973[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 16 December 1957 ( 1957-12-16 )[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | Antonov An-10[source] |
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| Variant | Aero L-159 ALCA[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,537 L (406 US gal; 338 imp gal) including tip tanks[source] | — |
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| Stall speed | 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) (flaps down)[source] | — |
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| Guns | one GSh-23L cannon in under-fuselage pod[source] | 2× 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons in a tail turret (some aircraft)[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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| Country of origin | Czechoslovakia[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 26, cell 2; revision 1374778711; retrieved 2026-10-01 | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Designer | — | Antonov[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 1959[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Shaanxi Y-8[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 20,000 kg (44,000 lb) payload / 60 paratroopers / 2x BMD-1 armoured vehicles[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 4-bladed constant-speed reversible-pitch propellers[source] |
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