Silver Coin 500 CZK Training Aircraft Aero L-39 Albatros 2025 Proof
Issue: June 2025
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Famous vehicles - Aero L-39 Albatros training aircraft
The Aero L-39 Albatros two-seat trainer was designed in the 1960s as a more powerful successor to the first Czechoslovakian-built jet aircraft, the L-29 Dolphin. Both aircraft were intended for basic and advanced training of military pilots of the Warsaw Pact armies, for which Czechoslovakia was the main supplier of one type of aircraft.
On the basis of the technical specification from the Ministry of Defence from 1964, a twin-jet subsonic aircraft was built under the leadership of the chief designer Ing. Jan Vlček at the Aero Vodochody factory. The first flight prototype first flew on 4 November 1968 from the factory airport. Its pilot was a test pilot Ing. Rudolf Duchoň.
The production started in 1971 and continued in several variants until 1996 with a total number of 2892 machines including 11 prototypes.
The Albatros was also adapted for training in combat situations, for simulating attacks on air and ground targets or flying in zero visibility. The student and instructor seats were equipped with an ejection system of Czechoslovak design. The aircraft's impressive airframe design is characterized by high reliability and easy handling, suitable also for aerobatics.
In the period from the 1970s to the 1980s it was used by 30 countries in their air forces and thus became one of the most widely used training jet aircraft in the world.
Currently, Albatros aircraft are used by Czech pilots from the 213th Training Squadron in Čáslav and the Air Training Centre in Pardubice. Also in the world many machines are still part of pilot training programmes or ended up with private persons.
Each silver coin is placed in a protective plastic capsule in a dark blue box. An integral part of the box is a certificate of authenticity issued by the CNB.
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