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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 | Boeing C-32 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | VIP transport, special operations[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Boeing[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
155 ft 3 in (47.32 m)[source]
L-59E · 5,510 ft/min
Single source28.0 m/s (5,510 ft/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 | 80[source] | C-32A: 8 (4 acknowledged) C-32B: 2[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | — |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | — |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | Boeing 757[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] | 13,334 US gal (11,103 imp gal; 50,475 L) with auxiliary tanks in fwd and aft cargo holds[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 | — |
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| National origin | — | United States[source] |
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| Primary user | — | United States Air Force[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | June 1998[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 45[source] |
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| Maximum zero-fuel weight | — | 186,000 lb (84,368 kg) MZFW[source] |
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| Maximum landing weight | — | 210,000 lb (95,254 kg) MLW[source] |
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| Approach speed | — | 137 kn (158 mph; 254 km/h)[source] |
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| Initial cruising height | — | 35,400 ft (10,790 m)[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 127.88 lb/sq ft (624.4 kg/m 2 )[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | — | 0.314[source] |
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| Take-off field length | — | 7,800 ft (2,377 m) at sea level 29 °C (84 °F)[source] |
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| Landing field length | — | 5,100 ft (1,554 m) at MLW[source] |
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256,000 lb (116,120 kg) MTOW[source]