Aero Vodochody
L-39 Albatros
Photo: Robert Deering 10/12/2008
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Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company, active from 1919, notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros, L-59 Super Albatros and the L-159 Alca.
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Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company, active from 1919, notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros, L-59 Super Albatros and the L-159 Alca.

After the fall of the Communist government in Czechoslovakia (1989) and in the rest of Central Europe, the company lost a major portion of 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 unwanted. Aero was controlled for several years, 1998 to 2004, by Boeing.

At the end of October 2006 Aero Vodochody was privatized once again. A Czech-Slovak investment group Penta Investments bought it for roughly 3 billion CZK.

Currently, Aero Vodochody produces the Sikorsky S-76, center wing box for the Alenia C27, door subassemblies for the Embraer 170 and Embraer 190, cockpit for the UH-60, gun bay doors for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, subassemblies and parts for the Airbus A320 family, fixed leading edge kits for the Boeing 767 and the L-159.

Source: Wikipedia

AIRCRAFT    
Pre-World War II   Post World War II
Aero Ae 01Aero A.29 Aero A.27 Aero Ae-45 (1947)
Aero Ae 02 Aero A.30 Aero Ae 50 (1949)
Aero Ae 03 Aero A.32 Aero Ae-145 (1955)
Aero Ae 04 Aero A.34 Aero HC-2 Heli Baby (1954)
Aero A.10 Aero A.35 Aero L-60 Brigadýr (1955)
Aero A.11 Aero A.38 Aero L-29 Delfin (1963-1974)
Aero A.12 Aero A.42 Aero L-39 Albatros (1970–1997)
Aero A.14 Aero A.46 Aero L-59 Super Albatros (1992-96)
Aero A.17 Aero A.100 Aero L-159 Alca (1997-2003)
Aero A.18 Aero A.101 Aero Ae 270 Ibis (2000)
Aero A.19 Aero A.102 Aero S-106 (1960s) Czech production version of the Soviet MIG-21F-13
Aero A.20 Aero A.104  
Aero A.21 Aero A.200  
Aero A.22 Aero MB.200 (Bloch MB.200)  
Aero A.23 Aero A.204  
Aero A.24 Aero A.230  
Aero A.25 Aero A.300  
Aero A.26 Aero A.304