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 "icao": "L39",
 "name": "Aero L-39C Albatros",
 "manufacturer": "Aero Vodochody",
 "category": "military",
 "military": true,
 "family": null,
 "url": "https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/L39/",
 "json": "https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/L39.json",
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  "length_m": 12.13,
  "wingspan_m": 9.46,
  "mtow_t": 4.7,
  "max_kmh": 750,
  "range_km": 1100,
  "ceiling_m": 11000,
  "first_flight": 1968,
  "in_service": 1972,
  "engine": "1 × Ivchenko AI-25TL turbofan engine",
  "power": "16.87 kN (3,790 lbf) thrust"
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 "specifications_source": "AirwayControl spec register, curated from Wikipedia and manufacturer pages",
 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "Aero L-39 Albatros",
  "summary": "The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced by Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic. In addition to performing basic and advanced pilot training, it has also flown combat missions in a light-attack role. Despite its manufacturing origin in the Warsaw Pact, the L-39 never received a NATO reporting name.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
 },
 "license": {
  "drawings": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the Aero L-39C Albatros by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/L39/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}