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Aero L-29 Delfin

Czechoslovakian manufacturer Aero Vodochody released the jet trainer Aero L-29 Delfin in 1961. Development began in the 1950s when the Soviet Air Force wanted to replace its fleet of piston-engine trainers with something jet-powered. Coincidentally Czechoslovakia was also looking for a replacement for its trainer.

Aero answered the call with their aerospace engineers Z. Rublič and K. Tomáš, who headed the project. They presented an aircraft that could meet advanced and straightforward training protocols. The L-29 had a Motorlet M-701 turbojet engine with a simple design where the mid-wing matched a T-tail layout. The aircraft operated in the Soviet, Czechoslovak, Bulgarian and Egyptian Air Forces.