Aero L-60 Brigadýr

infobox Aircraft
name =L-60 Brigadýr
type = Utility aircraft
manufacturer =Aero



caption =L60 as air ambulance at the Polish Aviation Museum
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first flight =24 December 1953
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primary user = Czechoslovakian aviation
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produced = 273
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The Aero L-60 Brigadýr ( _cs. Brigadier) was a small, propeller-driven Czechoslovakian STOL utility aircraft developed for both civil and military use. A prototype, designated XL-60, with Argus As 10C engine, first flew on December 24, 1953, but it was not successful. The plane was thoroughly redesigned and the second improved prototype, with M-208B engine, flew on June 8, 1954. The aircraft's configuration bears a strong resemblance to the Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" licence-produced in Czechoslovakia during and after World War II (as K-65 Čáp), and which this aircraft was intended to replace. By the end of production in 1960, 273 had been built, including an improved version, the L-160 with an all-metal tail.

Aircraft retrofitted with a PZL-built Ivchenko AI-14R radial engine are known as the L-60S.

Variants

* XL-60 : Prototype.
* L-60 : Single-engined light utility transport, observation aircraft.
* L-60A : 50 production aircraft for the Czech Air Force. Also known as the K-60. Armed with MG-15 7.92 mm machine gun in a rear cab. First flew on June 24, 1955.
* L-60B : Agricultral crop spraying aircraft (300 l chemicals tank).
* L-60D : Glider tug aircraft.
* L-60E :Air ambulance aircraft.
* L-60F : Glider tug aircraft.
* L-60S : Aircraft fitted with the PZL-built 260-hp Ivchenko AI-14R radial piston engine.
* L-60SF : Fitted with the M-462RF radial piston engine.

Operators

Civil operators

[Krzyżan, Marian, "Samoloty w muzeach polskich", Warsaw 1983, ISBN 83-206-0432] ;ARG ;AUT;BUL;PRC;CUB ;CZS;GDR;HUN
* MÉM Flight Service used 2 L-60 (registered: HA-BRA, HA-BRB) from 1959 for short period.Fact|date=July 2008;New Zealand;POL
* Polish Air Ambulance Service used 3 L-60F in 1957-1974;ROM ;United Arab Republic;USSR;YUG

Military operators

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pecifications (L-60)

aero-specs Brigadýraircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
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crew= One, pilot
capacity=Three passengers
length main= 8.54 m
length alt= 28 ft 0 in
span main= 13.96 m
span alt= 45 ft 9 in
height main= 2.70 m
height alt= 8 ft 10 in
area main=24.3 m²
area alt= 261 ft²
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empty weight main=995 kg
empty weight alt= 2,189 lb
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max takeoff weight main= 1,415 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 3,113 lb
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engine (prop)=Praga Doris M 208-B
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number of props=1
power main= 119 kW
power alt= 160 hp
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max speed main= 193 km/h
max speed alt= 104 knots, 120 mph
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range main= 900 km
range alt= 486 nm, 563 miles
ceiling main= 4,500 m
ceiling alt= 14,760 ft
climb rate main= 230 m/min
climb rate alt= 757 ft/min
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References

External links

* [http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_l60_en.php Specs & Photo at Flugzeuginfo.net]

ee also

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*Yakovlev Yak-12
*Dornier Do 27
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