The Su-38L is a Russian agricultural aircraft the first aircraft of this type to be designed and built by the Sukhoi Design Bureau civil aircraft section (Sukhoi Civil Aircraft). Design originally began in 1993 as a development of the Sukhoi Su-29 aerobatic aircraft. Development was suspended due to economic problems and when restarted in 1998 the aircraft was redesigned reducing the aircraft's size and replacing the originally planned M-14 radial engine with a LOM Praha 337S inline engine.
Made by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production AssociationNapoSmolensk Aviation Plant.