The L-39NG is playing a massive part shaping the future of Aero Vodochody. With two customers already, the company is pressing ahead with its newer ambitions and more sales campaigns

Aero test-pilots, David Jahoda (right) and Vladimir Tovarek, plot the future for Aero’s L-39NG

Many customers have been sending their older L-39Cs for maintenance repair and overhaul, as well as to be upgraded with the new L-39NG avionics, including the Speel HUD and Genesys avionics systems. This will enable them to transition to the L-39NG much more easily

The L-39NG houses the latest technologies, which will enable customers to train pilots in a modern cockpit

The heightened rear cockpit of the L-39NG means the instructor or rear pilot can see what the student is doing in the front seat

The sun sets on another day of L-39NG flight testing at Aero Vodochody’s Odolena Voda facility. The trainer version was granted its EMAC certification in September 2020, and the light attack version should follow in late 2022

The second pre-series L-39NG has been sharing flight testing responsibilities and is flying with the new Prague-based LPP visual display processor, which will enable pilots to view the avionics in an eastern format

The Speel head-up display, another Czech solution for the L-39NG

Aero Vodochody is currently overhauling the Czech Air Force fleet of single-seat L-159s. In the past, it has even converted single-seaters into dual-seaters for its domestic customer