Aero L-159 Alca - Radovesnice, Czech Republic
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N 50° 00.729 E 015° 08.542
33U E 510199 N 5539991
A place of a Aero L-159 Alca crash.
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/18/2017
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About Aero L-159 Alca
The Aero L-159 ALCA[nb 1] is a light subsonic attack jet and advanced trainer developed in the single-seat L-159A and two-seat L-159B versions respectively, produced in the Czech Republic by Aero Vodochody. In 2003, the Czech Air Force elected to reduce its own fleet of 72 L-159A aircraft to 24 and has re-sold most of the redundant aircraft to both military and civilian operators, namely the Iraqi Air Force and Draken International. Since 2007, several L-159A aircraft have been rebuilt into T1/T2 trainer derivatives. The L-159 has seen active combat use by the Iraqi Air Force against ISIS.
The L-159 ALCA is designed for the principal role of light combat aircraft (single-seat L-159A variant) or light attack jet and advanced/lead-in fighter trainer (two-seat L-159B and T variants). Design of the L-159 was derived from the L-39 (
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CZ
Npor.Ing.Ondrej Sovina zahynul dne 22.listopadu 2012 ve veku 34 let behem nocního výcvikového letu na letounu L-159A trupového císla 6061.Letoun dopadl do neobydleného prostoru u obce Radovesnice.
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The plane collapsed during a night training flight