Aero L39 High Performance Civilian Fighter Jet
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
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We are out in Virginia Beach shopping for war birds. And I had the opportunity to check out a particular war bird; an L39 from Czechoslovakia. The Aero L39 Albatros is single engine Jet with amazing maneuvering capabilities. It was first designed in Czechoslovakia and widely used as a military trainer aircraft around the world. Still today many countries in the middle east and around Africa actively use these airplanes for light missions.
In the united states, these are collectible aircraft for the right owner. The one we’re checking out today is owned by my friend Raf, and he’s taken good care of it. These aircraft can now be bought for around $200,000 - $300,000 depending on their condition.
Here are the performance data
engine - AL-25TL 3,790 pounds of thrust
speed - up to 466 mph
range - 300 - 400 miles
rate of climb - 4,100 fpm
service ceiling - 36,000 ft
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The L-39 was designed solely as a trainer, but some countries have modified them for light combat missions. Built in the Czech Republic in 1960 and labeled as Albatros, it was never intended for anything more than a trainer.
It was built from the start with 2 pylons iirc and mainly for training but always could be used for light attack
Can’t use jets to get into all the short fun little towns with small airports, their useless for general aviation.
Нет. Было несколько модификаций. Конкретно этот без подвески, но с более совершенным двигателем С.К. Туманского - В.А. Лотарёва. (АИ-25ТЛ)
Agreed he was just happy to say it's a combat jet.
tropicthndr dudeypu You are so full of shit, run the numbers and look at the take off and landing distances, I do it, what kind of BFE towns do you fucking fly into? You sound like Sheila Jackson saying that an AR-15 fires .50 cal rounds, so full of shit and not know what the fuck you are talking about🖕🖕🖕🖕
So the ejection seat is disabled? The jet engine power is rated at pounds of thrust, not horsepower.
Thank you this was hard to watch. This guy knows nothing about jets
I think has been disabled because it ha ejected seat.
Trevor Evans he is experienced with completely different aircrafts than you do. how about you shut the fuck up
@@mortymortal7 he isn’t native to jets, prop driven aircraft are measured by horsepower. It is far more common than you think for there to be problems like this when talking about jets. Even militaries when they started using jets struggled with pilots who were brought up on prop planes, showing higher accident rates because they are so different. Your looking at a very different set of cerium stances that the average civilian pilot doesn’t work with almost ever.
Makes more sense to regular people like most of us (whole imperial pound system is so daft anyways).
So after that 17 min walk around we get to see 20 seconds of flight footage. Fine!
Tbh flight footage on youtube is dime a dozen. I like to see the details.
He made this for aviation enthusiasts not people who just want to see a cool looking plane fly around. lol.
He made a separate video of flying it
@@leosentinella4487 where is it?
Thanks for informing me
My mom woke up and woke me up at 7:20 saying, "we're leaving in 30 minutes, get up wash ya face and brush yo teeth" it is now 8:34
Wish me luck
You could barely contain yourself, could you? Great video man.
Horse power? NO, NOT horse power. It is measured in what is called pounds of thrust. Some Air force jets have up to or more of 24,000 pounds of thrust.
hmm actually it have to be measured at kilograms. Feets and pounds knows only about 400 millions people. All another 7 billion people are using kilograms.
This one is 1500-1700 kilograms (3500 pounds).
@@Nikita_Andreyev oh stfu
@@acidraindrops6657 I find it funny that people are ready to jump at MojoGrip for making the mistake of saying horsepower rather than Pounds of thrust.
But its not okay for a European to call us out on saying pounds rather than Kilograms. Its hypocritical--
Yes. William, the majority of the world uses the metric system so who's the sucka now?
Meh, it's Merica'..Everything has "HOORSEPOOWER!" Lol 😆
The smile on your face during T/O said it all.
Mojo you got a ride of a life time. Not many people get to ride in a fighter jet. I wish I could ride in one some day.
Pay $2500 an hour and there is a school that will take you up in one in the back seat.
Not so long time ago Aero started to produce new variant of this plane called "L39NG"
Love that ear to ear smile! I’m sure you were not the first one to have that look on your face.....good video Thank you.
Just add three hard points for one centerline and two underwing drop tanks and you’ll have a first class long range biz Jet!
Freakin' sweet, Mike......Thanks
so much for sharing your flying journey with us!
So you’re Nigerian? That’s cool. I’ll give you a hug whenever I see you (COVID allowing)! Proud of you bro.
Eject eject Mike :) Nice video
Nick you have to step up your helicopter game now
Funny you should say that. I thought of it the whole time during my flight.
The Albatross. Lucky dog! This aircraft should have ejection seats. This is so cool.
This one is called "flying desk", it was used (and maybe still used) by USSR as a military trainer. These seats looks like catapult one, but malfunctional...
love your straightforward regular guy presentation. I just smashed the subscribe button. I'm a pilot myself and I've been dying to see the inner workings of one of these Jets cuz I've always admired them.
fucking beautiful
You've outdone yourself this time Mike ! Next time how about a t-38 Talon !
There you go! Thats a great invite and your took off with it perfectly! Great work!
Mike, it's going to take you a long time to get the smile off your face after that L39 flight!
Mike, might I suggest you also review the UL-39 fanjet airplane?
This is my dream aircraft. Super jealous
Boy, bet its a kick to get a go in that jet. Thanks for sharing.
KPVG (Hampton Roads Executive)! I thought that was you interviewing in the FBO. Welcome to Norfolk!
НАКОПИТЕЛЬ (like, "storage device") one of the labels says, so these one L39 was used in Soviet Union back in a day.
Nice video, thanks.
Dude after getting a free ride in an awesome airplane and especially seeing as the owner is a friend of yours you could of at least put up a link to the charity they support and give them a shout out in the description and in the video..
Hopefully this guy reads you all’s comments and does better in his future vids. Still, kudos to you man and I hope you thoroughly enjoy doing what you do!
Well, the L39 isn’t a fighter jet, it’s a trainer. And, make mine an L159!
I’m glad someone else knows what am L159 is!
Mike, I love your enthusiasm and passion for all things aeroplane, however I would suggest you do a great deal more study. This will give you more “cred” with actual pilots.
Thanks for sharing
The 2 seater sports car of the skies.
Just a little fyi, Jet engines aren’t usually rated in horsepower, they are rate in in terms of thrust. There are exceptions to this like with a turboprop of course and with turbines used for power generation and say in ships or tanks so people don’t blow me up....I do know what I’m talking about. However, as a general rule, Jet aircraft are rated in terms of thrust and the engine that L-39C was designed around (Ivchenko AI-25TL) is about 3800 lbs if my memory serves me. Great vid, loves these birds. My hangar neighbor owns two and they are an absolute riot to fly.
Mike That’s Awesome Brother ... gotta admit I’m a little jealous 😂😂 glad you enjoyed it!
Keep em coming!
I thought we were talking about a fighter in your opening statement, this is a trainer and light attack aircraft. If you say fighter, at the very least I'm thinking F-86, Mig-15 and upwards. These are a dime a dozen among jet war bird enthusiasts.
If you hitched a ride on a Mig 21UM some millionaire is flying around, I'd say that's a fighter.
Great to see you at my home base! Keep up the great work!
Thank you Robin.
MIKEY again another one of your great video images and information about aircraft. You always deliver. Thank you and greetings from down under. Cheers mate Hooroo . ☮️ out 🦘.
Just looking at it without being able to see under the the skin of it, its basically the two seats up front, cockpit and canopy that looks to be roomy but not hudge. The wings are nice and short but thick for zippin around like you said just in different words LoL. Then you see the rest of the fuselage and it's for the engine. Just an engine with two wings and two seats basically. LoL like a honda civic with a 350 small block in it!
I’ve only seen Red Tails on the Tuskegee Airman’s airplanes... Is this a prelude of who the owner might be?
I think you are correct. Only the Tuskegee Airman had this color scheme. But most American Military Aviation Trainers have this color scheme also.
It's not a fighter jet, it's a trainer.
I'm guessing that this aircraft races at Reno given the race numbers on the side of the fuselage and port wing as well as the removal of the tip tanks for less drag.
"Seat Eject". Who else would be tempted to hit that button to see if it was connected?
Maybe it's a safe switch and afterwards you can pull the notorious yellow handle
If you don't delete any tanks, it is suppose to be able to do over 900nm.
For 200-300k this is really the most bang for your buck you can get
Mike, I can't believe that you forgot to tell the viewers the significance of the red tail. Now you have to do a follow-up video for that. I would have thought that would be one of the primary subjects to cover.
Its coming
That has to be the sexiest plane on this planet
4:05 “no push” means you shouldn’t push and move the aircraft by them. You can certainly touch and move them
It looks fast just seating there......zoooooom
Fighter jet? That is very generous of you!
Flew in to Hampton roads on an ifr training flight the day before the oceana airshow that started on Saturday, awesome to hear from the guy working the fuel truck who was close to my age ask if I knew your channel then him tell me you were here with the L-39pilot/owner.from what I read in the fbo they are about to start upgrading and adding on to kpvg .nice staff in the fbo but very busy airspace.please get your ifr clearance on the ground.
Otherwise known as Junkyard jets. You really have to have a lot of disposable income though, can we all say, heavy maintenance! Saw one for sale in Nevada for $90,000. Cheap as planes go. Upgrading the avionics, inspections, maintenance, insurance and fuel use easily triples that that figure. Finally, without a dedicated service team (military has those) up jet vs down jet could be significant. In addition, being an experimental classification, your airports can be limited as well. That said, if I had $1,000,000 of disposable income, I could be tempted. As to runway length needed, not sure about the numbers but I would guess you would need at least 4,000 feet at sea level. To be safe, margin for error, I would stick to large runways. These puppies are slick and take some doing to slow em down so landing on the backside of the power curve seems likely. See that lever on the stick, the funky Eastern block braking system! Anyway, not withstanding some technical description errors, nice review. Thank you!
You need one mile to take off and land.
Can you do a video on the viper jet? getting my private pilots certificate and is really interested in owning one in the future.
@MoJoe Grip, the back seat in a Military situation would be equipped with navigation sensors for a Navigator. To assist the Pilot in Combat, and flight Plotting. You digeeeeeee.
i can't wait to see what that is like
Nice job keep up the good work Mojo Grip. ... You should contact the Collins Foundation they have a similar service.
I hope the whole ride is a video. FlightChops took a ride in an L 39 too & it is one of my favorites.
If I have a million dollars and a midlife crisis ima see about buying one of these lol
Very nice jet!
I've seen a couple of those out at the Stead airport just north of Reno (Reno air races). Along with a few Korean war era migs. I remember those L-39's differently, with a delta wing configuration. I could be confusing the L-39 with another plane.
you surely are confusing it, Aero Vodochody L 29/39/159/39NG look all very similar with perpendicular wings, no delta or swept or anything. kind of kinder version of a10, if you will XD
Tips have been modified. Doesn’t that make it a different variant of the L-39???
I've seen many of MOJOGRIP videos....usually informative and not so repetitive of same phrases, omg! This one was not the best on several levels.
Mike, who is it going to fight? Civilian fighter jet?
Wow i really didn't know you were Nigerian till today, thats cool you are a motivation cuz i am sure coming to the states soon.
Turbine engine is rated in Shift Horsepower. But in a real jet it go by foot pound of thrust.
Вы можете измерять в чем вам удобно. Мы измеряем в кгс или kN. для этого двигателя Тяга взлётная 1500 кгс
, Тяга крейсерская ~450 кгс
wayneyd2 no bro foot pounds is what torque is measured in. The unit for thrust is pounds.
Anyone know what the protocol is for bailing out of a jet like this? I’d be absolutely terrified of hitting the tail. Seems sketchy at the very least.
Front and Rear ejection seats.
They always were a really great looking aircraft.
Yes he finally made a video on the albatross
Great video, Model number what kind of power plant was the A/C using?
incredibly cool
Really cool slick a/c, I now have a new craft ride just moved to #1 position. Would love to k ow where this bird is stationed at
Amazing looking bird. Kinda like a T-38
Any plan to check out Saker S-1?
Great job on this video, your enthusiasm is contagious, thanks for sharing.
Beautiful plane!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Awesome vid, mike! I appreciate it!
So is there an ejection seat?
I doubt it's activated by a flip up switch lol
Shout out to that red tail 💪🏿
Can you add weapons on this fighter jet and arm it ?
More-so a trainer than a fighter jet.. they only push about 400 knots. Ideal for the light attack role but there are turboprops that are just a tad slower that can fulfill the same role with way better fuel efficiency.
Good Video, I plan on buying one...
sup Mo? cool vid. can this plane go vertical when taking off? i'm not to savvy on plane knowledge but i think its called a high performance takeoff
3790 pounds of thrust. Not horsepower. If I'm doing my math correctly that's about 20000 horse power. Piston engines do go by horse power or kw.
So those seats are not ejection seats .....or they no longer work as ejection seats ???
A lot of owners disable the seats in these jets because of the safety issues with some of the early seats and the cost of keeping them maintained. Some people do opt to keep the seats hot though so it is an option.
"This is the big man's toy"
Excellent. Thank you.
Sweet, this is some unique content to say the least.
I should try that
Great stuff my guy
If ypu are a new pilot and only flew a cessna,can you fly one of these fighter jets?
Ok first thing that popped into my head seeing you in the plane was “he looks like Sundown from Top Gun.”
No offense
Does it have afterburner
Love your vids!
Nobody else notice he said I'm here in "North Virginia" ?????
most of people watch some jets, when they dream about it. When they buy a plane, lets cesna. Not what they really wanted. Then they fly thinking now i will learn to fly when somehow will buy my dream. But what happens person goes to bigger and bigger planes , when hes like taxi driver in big jumbo plane not happy as he never made his dream. He becomes unhappy about his life etc. What if he could buy a jet and had a blast. It would be same as conquering a hill, same as you take a bike on one wheel. I think whats what this civilian jet is about
Is the Jump suit optional to fly this thing ? Also does anyone know if military pilots find it offensive for civilian pilots to wear jump suits ? Super jealous you get to see and fly in this beauty, keep up the good work Mike 👍
They might not. There are non military test pilot schools you can attend and they make you wear jumpsuits that are different colors.
It’s NOT a fighter. It’s a trainer.
Wheres the eject button. Hopefully you have cause your going to need it.
Hey, can somebody can tell me what licence I need for this jet ?
Looks quite a bit like an older 'Talon'…
If this guy is supposedly a aviation reporter?! WTF! It’s pounds of thrust in aviation and not FUCKING HORSE POWER! Please someone educate this man!
What do they sell for
$200k and up.
wher is the tip tanke