Zlín Z 26

Trener
Z-126 Trener II
Role Training aircraft
Manufacturer Moravan Otrokovice
Produced 1948-1977

Zlin Trener is a family of aircraft that was based on a basic training aircraft, the Z-26.

The original Z-26 was designed in late 1940s and produced in 1946 by the Czechoslovakian company, Moravan to meet a requirement for a basic trainer to replace the Bücker Jungmann and Bestmann. It was a low-winged monoplane of mixed construction, with wooden wings and a welded metal tube fuselage, powered by a single four-cylinder piston engine, the Walter Minor 4-III. It first flew in early 1947, proving superior to the competing Praga 112, and was declared the winner, entering production in 1948.[1]

Later Z-26 variants were optimised to participate in aerobatic competitions and many were owned by private pilot owners.

Contents

Variants

The following variants were progressive improvements on the Z-26:

Many sub-variants were also produced, for example the Z-526A and Z-526AFS were aerobatic specials. The production of the family was terminated in the 1970s with Z-726.

Operators

Military Operators

 Austria
Austrian Air Force
 Cuba
Cuban Air Force
 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakian Air Force
 East Germany
 Egypt
Egyptian Air Force
 Mozambique
Mozambique Air Force
 Romania
Romanian Air Force
 Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslav Air Force

Specifications (Z-26)

General characteristics

Performance

Specifications (Z-726)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77 [3]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zl%C3%ADn_Z-26 Zlín Z-26] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ Mourik 2001, p.61.
  2. ^ Taylor 1989, p.908.
  3. ^ Taylor 1976, pp. 33–34.