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How fast does an L-39 Albatros go? ›

L-39 Albatros design & speed

Powered by a Ivchenko AI-25TL turbofan engine, the L-39 Albatros has a top speed of 470mph with a ceiling height of 37,000ft.

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Albatros. A trainer and light fighter jet, known for its versatility, reliability, low operating costs, easy maintenance, and universality of deployment. It's still widely used by air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot training, as well as combat missions.

The two-seater L-39 Albatros was designed in the late 1960's for primary and advanced training including firing practice. There is an estimated 2800 L-39 Albatros produced, having served in over 30 air forces around the world, being the most widely produced and safest jet trainer in the world.

The aircraft type has a maximum take-off weight of 4,700 kg and a maximum level speed of 750 km/hr (405 kt). This aircraft was equipped with two ejection seats, one for each pilot.

If you want to learn to fly a fighter jet as a civilian, there are private programs for certified pilots to become trained and rated to fly these types of aircraft.

You can actually buy and operate your own L-39 Albatros.

Also, it's getting old. A lot of air forces have stopped using the little jet long time ago. That is why many of the almost 3 000 airplanes built now are sold on the second-hand market to the highest bidder. The L-39 is not as fast as the Gripen.

As a general rule, you must have a pilot's license, verifiable flying experience, be in reasonably good health, meet basic height, weight and TSA restrictions, and sign a Release of Liability.

1,000 hours total time, with 500 hours PIC in category (airplane)

The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer aircraft. It was developed in Czechoslovakia and was widely used for pilot training all over the world. This L-39ZA version is armed with a GS-23L 23mm twin barrel automated cannon and S-5 unguided missiles.

What is the G limit for the L-39? ›

The L-39 has thick wings that provide ample lift for the airframe, and each wing has provisions to mount stores or fuel tanks that extend the range of the L-39. Operational g-force limits at 4,200 kg are +8g/-4g.

Are the planes in Top Gun real? The authenticity of Top Gun: Maverick is significantly enhanced by its use of real fighter planes, including F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35s. The production team secured these state-of-the-art aircraft for filming despite the considerable expense involved.

In 2021, we transitioned to our current aircraft the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and celebrated our 75th anniversary.

In 1939, Josef Stalin directed the establishment of an experimental aircraft design department, headed by Artyom Mikoyan with Mikhail Gurevich working as his principal deputy. The pair became the leading designers of Soviet fighter aircraft, their work bearing the acronym "MiG" (Mikoyan and Gurevich).

In a new paper analyzing GPS tracks of wandering albatrosses, researchers have found that the birds' airspeed increases with wind speed up to a maximum airspeed of 20 meters per second (m/s; 45 mph). Researchers developed a model of dynamic soaring, which predicts that the birds could fly much faster than 20 m/s.

The L-39 is not as fast as the Gripen. It is not supersonic.

This suggests that wandering albatrosses can fly increasingly fast across-wind with increasing winds until reaching a maximum airspeed at around 20 m/s.

In their most extreme maneuvers, the Thunderbirds fly as low as 100 feet off the ground and at speeds of over 700mph! When the two solos cross over the crowd in afterburner, it signals that all six jets are coming together.