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L-60 Brigadýr
L60 as air ambulance at the Polish Aviation Museum
Role	Utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero
First flight	24 December 1953
Primary user	Czechoslovakian aviation
Produced	273

The Aero L-60 Brigadýr (Czech: Brigadier) was a small, high-wing 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 flat-six 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 by Aero, 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[edit]

• 
  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 : Agricultural 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.


• 
  L-160 : Improved version with all-metal tail.

Operators[edit]

Civil operators^[1][edit]

 Argentina

 Austria

 Bulgaria

 Cuba

 Czechoslovakia

• Slov-Air

 East Germany

 Hungary

• MÉM Flight Service used 2 L-60 (registered: HA-BRA, HA-BRB) from 1959 for short period.^{[citation needed]}

 New Zealand

 People's Republic of China

 Poland

• 
  Polish Air Ambulance Service used 3 L-60F in 1957–1974

 Romania

 Soviet Union

 United Arab Emirates

 Yugoslavia

Military operators[edit]

 Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovakian Air Force

 East Germany

• East German Air Force

Specifications (L-60)[edit]

Aero L-60S aerotows historical gliders

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62^[2]

General characteristics

• 
  Crew: One, pilot


• 
  Capacity: Three passengers


• 
  Length: 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)


• 
  Wingspan: 13.96 m (45 ft 9½ in)


• 
  Height: 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in)


• 
  Wing area: 24.30 m² (261.6 ft²)


• 
  Airfoil: NACA 4412


• 
  Aspect ratio: 8.07:1


• 
  Empty weight: 968 kg (2,134 lb)


• 
  Loaded weight: 1,460 kg (3,219 lb)


• 
  Max. takeoff weight: 1,560 kg (3,439 lb)


• 
  Powerplant: 1 × Praga Doris M 208-B air-cooled flat-six, 142 kW (190 hp)

Performance

• 
  Maximum speed: 193 km/h (104 knots, 120 mph)


• 
  Cruise speed: 175 km/h (95 knots, 109 mph) at sea level


• 
  Stall speed: 52 km/h (28 knots, 32 mph)


• 
  Range: 720 km (389 nm, 447 miles)


• 
  Service ceiling: 4,200 m (13,780 ft)


• 
  Climb to 1,000 m (3,300 ft): 4.3 min

See also[edit]

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Dornier Do 27


• Yakovlev Yak-12

References[edit]

Notes

Bibliography

• 
  Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aero L-60 Brigadýr.

• Specs & Photo at Flugzeuginfo.net