The new training aircraft L-39NG, developed by the Czech company Aero Vodochody, It will be certified not this year, and in the third quarter of next year. Reported “Nplus1” with reference to Flightglobal.
Чешская компания Aero Vodochody приняла решение перенести сертификацию учебного самолета L-39NG на следующий год. Причиной этого стало желание компании пропустить промежуточный этап сертификации на самолет начальной летной подготовки и сразу выйти на этап сертификации на самолет расширенной подготовки летчиков.
К изменению планов сертификации компанию подтолкнуло количество поступивших заказав на L-39NG, как на самолет расширенной подготовки пилотов. На данный момент заказаны уже 26 aircraft, of them 12 должна получить американская компания RSW Aviation, 10 — португальской Skytech и 4 — ВВС Сенегала.
L-39NG (NG — next generation, new generation) is the latest version of the Czechoslovak combat training aircraft L-39 Albatros, made the first flight in 1968 year and produced for the USSR Air Force and the countries of the socialist camp. His updated version L-159, developed in the 90s, is in service with the Czech Air Force, Hungary, Iraq, and is also used by the private American military company Draken International.
The new aircraft received a composite wing and lost additional fuel tanks, which at the base Albatros were located on the wingtips. Instead of the Soviet AI-25TL jet engine, the modernized American FJ44-4M was installed on the L-39NG.
Also, the L-39NG has new avionics from Genesys Aerosystems and an indicator on the windshield Speel Praha. In total, more than half of the components and assemblies of the aircraft were replaced with new ones..
The length of the L-39NG is 12 m, and the wingspan is 9,6 m. The maximum takeoff weight of a training aircraft is 5,8 tons. It can reach speeds of up to 775 kilometers per hour and fly up to 2,6 thousands of kilometers. The aircraft is equipped with five suspension points for various types of weapons with a total weight of up to 1,2 tons.
