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L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Cross-checkedConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Saab 2000 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Turboprop Regional airliner[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Saab AB[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In limited passenger service, in military service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
Official specification · length; 27,28 m
Manufacturer claimSaab 2000 specs · Length
Cross-checked2 × Rolls-Royce AE 2100P turboprop engines each
Single source2 × Rolls-Royce AE 2100P turboprop engines, 3,096 kW (4,152 hp) 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.
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| Number built | 80[source] | 63[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 1992–1999[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 26 March 1992[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | Saab 340[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 | — | Sweden[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 30 August 1994[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 50–58 passengers / 5,900 kg (13,007 lb) payload[source] 4.250 kg[source] 50–58 passengers / 5,900 kg (13,007 lb) payload[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | root: NASA/Langley MS(1)-0316; tip: NASA/Langley MS(1)-0312[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 6-bladed Dowty Propellers constant-speed composite fully feathering and reversible-pitch propellers[source] |
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| Field length | — | 1,200 m[source] |
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