Aero L-159 Alca

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L-159 ALCA
Czech Air Force L-159 taxiing
Type	Military Advanced Light Combat Aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero Vodochody
Maiden flight	2 August 1997
Status	Operational
Primary user	Czech Air Force
Produced	72
Unit cost	8 million USD
Developed from	Aero L-59 Super Albatros

Aero L-159 ALCA (Advanced Light Combat Aircraft) is a Czech-built multi-role combat aircraft. It is in service with the Czech Air Force.

Contents 1 Designe and development 2 Variants 2.1 L-159A 2.2 L-159B 2.3 L-159T1 3 Operators 4 Specifications (L-159A) 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Designe and development

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[edit] Variants

[edit] L-159A

The L-159A is a single-seat light multi-role combat aircraft designed for a variety of air-to-air, air-to-Ground and reconnaissance missions. The aircraft is equipped with a multi-mode Doppler Grifo-F radar^[1] for all-weather, day and night operations. It can carry a wide range of NATO standard stores including air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles and laser guided bombs. The L-159A is in operational service with the Czech Air Force and in production.

[edit] L-159B

The L-159B is a two-seat derivative of the L159A primarily designed for Advanced and Operational/Lead-In Fighter Training. The L-159B configuration can also be tailored to customer specific requirements and adapted to needs of basic training as well as combat missions including air-to-Ground, patrol and reconnaissance missions.

[edit] L-159T1

The L-159B is a two-seat derivative of the L-159A designed primarily for the Czech Air Force as a lower-cost upgrade option. L-159T1 planes are a modification of previously used, single-seat Czech Air Force L-159As, into a two-seat training plane. Most of the original L-159A plane is reused in L-159T1. While the fuselage is replaced, the wings, tail, nose, undercarriage and engine of the L-159A are reused.

[edit] Operators

 Czech Republic

• Czech Air Force - 20 L-159A/L-159B and 4 L-159T1

[edit] Specifications (L-159A)

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General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 12.72 m (41 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 9.54 m (31 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.87 m (16 ft)
• Empty weight: 4,350 kg (9,590 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 8,000 kg (17,637 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× Honeywell/ITEC F124-GA-100 , 28 kN (6,280 lbf)
• * Auxiliary power unit: SAFIR 5F

Performance

• Maximum speed: 935 km/h (505 knots, 577 mph)
• Range: 1,570 km (848 nm, 970 m)
• Service ceiling 13,200 m (43,300 ft)
• Rate of climb: 48 m/s (9,450 ft/min)
• Extended Range : 2,530 km (1560 mi) with additional fuel tanks
• Take-off roll: 440 m (1,445 ft)
• Landing roll: 725 m (2,380 ft)

Avionics Grifo-F Radar

[edit] See also

Related development

• Aero L-39 Albatros
• Aero L-59 Albatros
  

Comparable aircraft

• Aermacchi MB-339
• BAe Hawk
• CASA 101
• Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
• Kawasaki T-4
• Soko G-4 Super Galeb
• PZL I-22 Iryda
  

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Specs & Photo at Flugzeuginfo.net

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