The Aero L-59 Super Albatros, also called the L-39MS, is a military jet trainer that Aero Vodochody developed from its successful L-39 Albatros in the 1980s. Compared with the L-39 it has a strengthened fuselage, a longer nose, a much updated cockpit with a head-up display, advanced avionics and the more powerful Lotarev DV-2 turbofan. It first flew on 30 September 1986. Intended at first as a pure trainer, it was reconsidered as a light attack aircraft as well. The Czechoslovak, Czech and Slovak air forces used small numbers, Egypt received 69 L-59E aircraft and Tunisia 12 L-59T, and eighty were built in all. Tunisian aircraft flew border patrols and counter-insurgency strikes in 2011 and 2014. The L-59 was the basis for the later L-159 ALCA.
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First flown on 30 September 1986
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the L-59 was no longer in production or available from the company
Specifications (L-59E)
Powerplant: 1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan, 21.57 kN (4,850 lbf) thrust
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Specifications (L-59E), empty weight
Empty weight: 4,030 kg (8,885 lb) (includes gun)
Specifications (L-59E), maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 7,000 kg (15,432 lb)
Specifications (L-59E), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 865 km/h (537 mph, 467 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
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a total of 80 Super Albatros of three variants have been manufactured prior to the end of production
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