Aero L-29 Delfín
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The Aero L-29 Delfín is a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces of Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s. It was Czechoslovakia's first locally designed and built jet aircraft.

Die tschechoslowakische Aero L-29 Delfín (NATO-Codename „Maya“) war in den 1960er-Jahren das Standard-Jet-Schulflugzeug der Staaten des Warschauer Paktes.1

Made by Aero Vodochody.

The Aero L-29 Delfín is a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces of Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s.2
More Users
Czech Air Force
Height Main
3.13 m
Height Alt
312.42
Stall Speed Main
130.0
Engine(jet)
Motorlet M-701C 500
Length Alt
35
Max Takeoff Weight Main
3540.0
Thrust Main
8.7
Jet Or Prop
jet
Lists
* List of military trainer aircraft
Range Main
894.0
Loaded Weight Main
3280.0
Designer
Z. Rublič and K. Tomáš
Stall Speed More
flaps down
Endurance
9000.0
Introduced
1961
Max Speed Main
655.0
Range More
with tip tanks
Max Speed More
300000.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
7804.0
Ceiling Main
11
000 m
Number Built
3500
Crew
2
Never Exceed Speed Main
820.0
Type of jet
turbojet
Loaded Weight Alt
7231.0
Thrust Alt
1960
Armament
* 200 kg of various guns
bombs
rockets
and missiles on external hardpoints
Area Main
19.8 m²
Primary user
Soviet Air Forces
Span Alt
1028.7
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Never Exceed Speed Alt
30600.0
Manufacturer
Aero Vodochody
Status
At least a few in service with the Mali Air Force; popular civilian warbird
First Flight
5
Number Of Jets
1
Production End Year
1974
Climb Rate Main
14.0 m-s
Production Start Year
1963
Stall Speed Alt
4860.0
Climb Rate Alt
2755.0
Length Main
10.81 m
Span Main
10.29 m
Area Alt
213.0
Range Alt
33300.0
Similar Aircraft
* Aermacchi MB-326* Fouga Magister* PZL TS-11 Iskra* Soko G-2* MS-760
Max Speed Alt
24420.0
Related
* Aero L-39 Albatros * Aero L-59 Super Albatros
Empty Weight Main
2280.0
Ceiling Alt
36100.0
Produced
1963
Empty Weight Alt
5027.0
Category
Aero Vodochody aircraft
Czechoslovakian military trainer aircraft 1950-1959

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