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| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Fokker 70 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Regional jet[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Fokker[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[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.
Alliance Airlines Air Niugini KLM Cityhopper (Former) Austrian Airlines (Former)[source] |
| Number built | 80[source] | 47 (+1 prototype)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 1992-1997[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 4 April 1993[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | Fokker 100[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] | — |
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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 | — | Netherlands[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | October 1994 with Ford Motor Company (private) 1995 with Sempati Air (commercial)[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 85 (1-class, maximum at 76 cm (30 in) seat pitch) 79 (1-class, typical at 81 cm (32 in) seat pitch) 72 (2-class, typical at 91 cm (36 in) and 81 cm (32 in) seat pitches)[source] |
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| Role | — | narrow-body , twin-engined , medium-range, turbofan regional airliner[source]Exact source-described subject/configuration, not equipment carried by it |
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