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L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
An-140 AI-30 engines · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Antonov An-140 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Turboprop regional airliner[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Antonov Aviakor HESA[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
22.605 m (74 ft 2 in)[source]
Empty; L-59E · includes gun
Single sourceMaximum take-off; L-59E · Max takeoff weight
Single source4,030 kg (8,885 lb) (includes gun)[source]
7,000 kg (15,432 lb)[source]
Empty; An-140 AI-30 engines · Empty weight
Single sourceMaximum take-off; An-140 AI-30 engines · Max takeoff weight
Single sourceL-59E · at 7,000 m (23,000 ft) (with maximum internal and external fuel)
Single source2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi) at 7,000 m (23,000 ft) (with maximum internal and external fuel)[source]
An-140 AI-30 engines · with 6,000 kg (13,228 lb) payload at econ. cruise
Single source900 km (560 mi, 490 nmi) with 6,000 kg (13,228 lb) payload at econ. cruise[source]
An-140 AI-30 engines · 2 × Motor-Sich AI-30 series 1 turboprop engines each (licence-built Klimov TV3-117VMA-SBM1 )
Single source2 × Motor-Sich AI-30 series 1 turboprop engines, 1,838 kW (2,465 hp) each (licence-built Klimov TV3-117VMA-SBM1 )[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.
Ministry of Defense (Russia) Russian Naval Aviation Motor Sich Airlines Yakutia Airlines[source] |
| Number built | 80[source] | 33[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 1997–2016[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 17 September 1997[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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| Fuel capacity | 1,537 L (406 US gal; 338 imp gal) including tip tanks[source] | 4,370 kg (9,634 lb)[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] | — |
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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 | Ukraine[source] |
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| Designer | — | Antonov[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 2002[source] |
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| Developed into | — | HESA Simourgh[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 52 pax / 6,000 kg (13,228 lb) max payload[source] |
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| Maximum zero fuel weight | — | 17,800 kg (39,242 lb)[source] |
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| Maximum landing weight | — | 19,100 kg (42,108 lb)[source] |
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| Alternate engines | — | 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127A turboprops driving Hamilton Sundstrand 247F propellers[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 6-bladed Aerosila SV-14, 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) diameter constant-speed fully feathering reversible propellers[source] |
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| Economical cruise speed | — | 520 km/h (320 mph; 280 kn) at 7,200–7,500 m (23,600–24,600 ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | — | 0.19 kW/kg (0.12 hp/lb)[source] |
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| Balanced field length | — | 1,350 m (4,429 ft)[source] |
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