Aero L-60 Brigadýr
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 L60 as air ambulance at the Polish Aviation Museum |
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| Type | Utility aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Aero |
| Maiden flight | 24 December 1953 |
| Primary user | Czechoslovakian aviation |
| Produced | 273 |
The Aero L-60 Brigadýr (Czech: Brigadier) was a small, propeller-driven Czechoslovakian STOL utility aircraft developed for both civil and military use. A prototype, designated XL-60, with Argus As 10C engine, first flew on December 24, 1953, but it was not successful. The plane was thoroughly redesigned and the second improved prototype, with M-208B engine, flew on June 8, 1954. The aircraft's configuration bears a strong resemblance to the Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" licence-produced in Czechoslovakia during and after World War II (as K-65 Čáp), and which this aircraft was intended to replace. By the end of production in 1960, 273 had been built, including an improved version, the L-160 with an all-metal tail.
Aircraft retrofitted with a PZL-built Ivchenko AI-14R radial engine are known as the L-60S.
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[edit] Variants
- XL-60 : Prototype.
- L-60 : Single-engined light utility transport, observation aircraft.
- L-60A : 50 production aircraft for the Czech Air Force. Also known as the K-60. Armed with MG-15 7.92 mm machine gun in a rear cab. First flew on June 24, 1955.
- L-60B : Agricultral crop spraying aircraft (300 l chemicals tank).
- L-60D : Glider tug aircraft.
- L-60E :Air ambulance aircraft.
- L-60F : Glider tug aircraft.
- L-60S : Aircraft fitted with the PZL-built 260-hp Ivchenko AI-14R radial piston engine.
- L-60SF : Fitted with the M-462RF radial piston engine.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Civil operators[1]
- Argentina
Austria
Bulgaria
People's Republic of China- Cuba
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary- New Zealand
Poland
- Polish Air Ambulance Service used 3 L-60F in 1957-1974
Romania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia- United Arab Republic
[edit] Military operators
[edit] Specifications (L-60)
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General characteristics
- Crew: One, pilot
- Capacity: Three passengers
- Length: 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 13.96 m (45 ft 9 in)
- Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 24.3 m² (261 ft²)
- Empty weight: 995 kg (2,189 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,415 kg (3,113 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Praga Doris M 208-B, 119 kW (160 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 193 km/h (104 knots, 120 mph)
- Range: 900 km (486 nm, 563 miles)
- Service ceiling 4,500 m (14,760 ft)
- Rate of climb: 230 m/min (757 ft/min)
[edit] References
- ^ Krzyżan, Marian, Samoloty w muzeach polskich, Warsaw 1983, ISBN 83-206-0432
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