Aero L-39 Albatros - Zálet prototypu (1968)
Video from the channel Letecká Videa about Aero L-39 Albatros, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 5:56. Video type: Archive footage.
What it shows
Czechoslovak newsreel of the unveiling and first flight of the Aero L-39 prototype. It shows the aircraft's official christening by the Minister of Heavy Industry and his speech thanking the staff, the signing of the flight order, and a formation display by military pilots from Košice. This is followed by an aerobatics demonstration in an L-29 Delfín and, finally, the new aircraft's first takeoff, flown by engineer Duchoň.
When and where it was filmed
It was filmed on 4 November 1968 at the Aero factory airfield in Vodochody, during an event organized to mark the first flight.
Context
The narrator places the event within the 50th anniversary of the Czechoslovak state and its aviation industry, and the factory's 15th anniversary. The prototype was completed by the development department led by engineer Jan Vlček and continued the line of the L-29 Delfín, of which more than 2,000 units had already been built.