Aero L-60 Brigadýr
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The Aero L-60 Brigadýr (Template:Langx) was a small, high-wing propeller-driven Czechoslovak 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 flat-six 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 by Aero, 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.
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 : Agricultural 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.
- L-160 : Improved version with all-metal tail.
Operators
Civil operators
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- MÉM Flight Service used 2 L-60 (registered: HA-BRA, HA-BRB) from 1959 for short period.[1]
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- Polish Air Ambulance Service used 3 L-60F in 1957–1974
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- Sri Lanka[2]
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Military operators
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Specifications (L-60)
See also
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References
- Notes
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- ↑ Moldova György: Égi szekér, Magvető Könyvkiadó, 1982, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Fernando, GA (Capt), "The Brigadyr Aircraft of the Irrigation Department", The Island, 25 April 2020 [1]
- ↑ Krzyżan, Marian, Samoloty w muzeach polskich, Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, 1983, Template:ISBN
- ↑ a b Marjánek Letectví a Kosmonautika 1976 No. 6, p. 230
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External links
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