Aero L-60 Brigadýr
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| L60 as air ambulance at the Polish Aviation Museum |
| Role |
Utility aircraft |
| Manufacturer |
Aero |
| First 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.
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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- Argentina
- Austria
- Bulgaria
- People's Republic of China
- Cuba
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- Hungary
- MÉM Flight Service used 2 L-60 (registered: HA-BRA, HA-BRB) from 1959 for short period.
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Polish Air Ambulance Service used 3 L-60F in 1957-1974
- Romania
- United Arab Republic
- Soviet Union
- Yugoslavia
Military operators
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
Specifications (L-60)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: One, pilot
- Capacity: Three passengers
- Length: 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 13.96 m (45 ft 9½ in)
- Height: 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 24.30 m² (261.6 ft²)
- Airfoil: NACA 4412
- Aspect ratio: 8.07:1
- Empty weight: 968 kg (2,134 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,460 kg (3,219 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,560 kg (3,439 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Praga Doris M 208-B air-cooled flat-six, 142 kW (190 hp)
Performance
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- ^ Krzyżan, Marian, Samoloty w muzeach polskich, Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, 1983, ISBN 978-83-206-0432-0
- ^ Taylor 1961, p. 35.
- Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.
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