Zlín Z 26
| Trener |
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| 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.
Variants
The following variants were progressive improvements on the Z-26:
- Z-26 - two-seat primary trainer aircraft. 163 built.[2]
- Z-126 - all-metal wing instead of original wooden wing
- Z-226 - more powerful Walter Minor 6-III six-cylinder engine, A.K.A. C-205
- Z-326 - with an electrically retractable undercarriage
- Z-526 - with the Walter 6-III carburettor's six-cylinder engine
- Z-526A - single-seat aerobatic aircraft
- Z-526F - Improved version. M-137 Engine with fuel injector.
- Z-726 - with Walter M 337 supercharged engine.(used in Romania by sportive aviation with M-137 Sh engines under the name Zlin-726 Universal).
- Z-726K - Improved version.
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
- ^ Mourik 2001, p.61.
- ^ Taylor 1989, p.908.
- ^ Taylor 1976, pp. 33–34.
- Mourik, Dick van. "A to Zlin: An Illustrated History of a Light Aircraft Dynasty". Air Enthusiast, No. 93, May/June 2001. Stamford, UK:Key Publishing. ISSN 0143 5450. pp. 59–65.
- Taylor, John W R. (editor). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3.
- Taylor, Michael J.H. (editor). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London:Bracken Books, 1989. ISBN 1 85170 324 1.
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