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L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Antonov An-8 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Military transport aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Antonov[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | One in service with Uhuru Airlines[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
26 m (85 ft 4 in)[source]
2 × Ivchenko AI-20D turboprop engines (5,180 shp) each
Single source2 × Ivchenko AI-20D turboprop engines, 3,860 kW (5,180 shp) each[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 Force Aeroflot[source] |
| Number built | 80[source] | ~151[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 1956-1961[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 11 February 1956[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] | — |
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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] | One 23 mm cannon in the tail turret.[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] Soviet Union[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 1958[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Antonov An-10[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 48 persons / 11,000 kg (24,000 lb) max payload[source] |
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| Aspect ratio | — | 11.7[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 4-bladed constant-speed propellers[source] |
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| National origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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