AERO L-39 Albatros

Origin:

Czechoslovakia

Type:

light attack and weapons training aircraft

Max Speed:

340 kt / 391 mph

Max Range:

1100 km / 683 miles

Dimensions:

span 9.46 m / 31 ft 0.4 in length 12.13 m / 39 ft 9.6 in height 4.77 m / 15 ft 7.8 in

Weight:

Czechoslovakia

Powerplant:

one 1720-kg (3,792-lb) dry thrust Ivchyenko AI-25TL turbofan

Armament:

one 23-mm GSh-23L two-barrel cannon with 150 rounds, and provision for up to 1100 kg (2,425 Ib) of weapons on four underwing hardpoints, including bombs of up to 500 kg (1,102 Ib), rocket and gun pods, or two drop tanks

Operators:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Algeria (L-39 ZA/ZO), Bangladesh (L-39 ZA/ZO), Bulgaria (L-39 ZA/ZO), Cuba, Czech Republic, Czech Republic (L-39 ZA/ZO), Egypt (L-59), Ethiopia, Libya (L-39 ZA/ZO), Nigeria, Romania (L-39 ZA/ZO), Russia, Syria (L-39 ZA/ZO), Thailand (L-39 ZA/ZO), Tunisia (L-59), United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam