Aero Vodochody

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Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero, (Vodochody is location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros and the L-159 Alca.

After the fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia (1989) and in the rest of Eastern Europe, the company lost its main market in jet trainers. The sales of military aircraft declined in the early 1990s in Eastern Europe as well as in the NATO countries where the entry of a new producer was obviously difficult. Aero collaborated several years with Boeing but this did not help it to compete on international market. Thus the Czech government bought Boeing out. As of 2005 its situation of the company looks bleak.

Pre-war designs:

Post-war designs:

External link

[Company website]

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