Aero L-39 Albatros - Pelhrimov, Czech Republic - Plane Crash Sites on Waymarking.com

The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer developed in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. It was designed during the 1960s as a replacement for the Aero L-29 Delfín as a principal training aircraft. The L-39 Albatros has the distinction of being the first of the second-generation jet trainers to be produced, as well as being the first trainer aircraft to be equipped with a turbofan powerplant. The type was exported to a wide range of countries as a military trainer.

Several specialised variants of the base L-39 design were quickly introduced. In 1972, a purpose-built target tug variant, the L-39V, conducted its initial flight. In 1975, the first L-39ZO training/light combat model, which was equipped with four underwing hardpoints as well as a strengthened wing and modified landing gear, performed its first flight. In 1977, the first L-39ZA light combat variant, which was fitted with a single Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 cannon mounted underneath the fuselage in addition to the four hardpoints and strengthening of the L-39ZO, made its maiden flight.

According to aerospace publication Flight International, roughly 200 L-39s were being sold each year upon the jet trainer market during the late 1980s. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in 1993, the total export orders gained for the L-39 represented 80 per cent of the value of all Czech military product export sales made for that year. During the 1990s, shortly following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, Aero Vodochody decided to develop versions of the Albatros equipped with Western-sourced avionics, engines, and weapon systems.

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About crash
EN
Pilot por. Ludek Burda crashed with the L-39 because of his own airplane indiscipline. He crossed the airplane to another airport, he did not manage to roll and with the airplane in the position on his back thrust into the ground.


CZ
Pilot por. Ludek Burda havaroval s letounem L-39 z duvodu vlastní letecké nekázne. Pri preletu letounu na jiné letište precenil svoje schopnosti, nezvládl výkrut a s letounem v poloze na zádech vrazil do zeme.

Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link] Date of Crash: 08/01/2001 Aircraft Model: Aero L-39 Albatros Military or Civilian: Military Tail Number: 3245 Cause of Crash: pilot airplane indiscipline

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