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FE999 L-29 Delfin seatbelts STEEL (fotolept)
Recommended: for
L-29 Delfín 1/72
3250, International Fighter Pilots Academy, Košice, Slovak Republic, 1993
378, 101 Fighter Reconaissance Wing, Szolnok Air Base, Hungary, Summer 1978
The International Fighter Pilot Academy was
formed at the beginning of 1993 at Košice as
an official training unit allowing civil clients to
take part in aerial exercises on military aircraft,
including helicopters. One of the aircraft that
were used in this role and were also funded for in
the budget of the Slovak Air Force, was this L-29.
The fuselage of this Delfin was painted grey, while
the wings received a striking scheme consisting
of red, white and blue segments reminiscent of
past aerobatic schemes. The IFPA badge was
carried under the windscreen on both sides of
the aircraft.
The L-29 factory number 591378 was built in
1965 and delivered to Hungarian AF to serve
at Szolnok Air Force Base with 101 Fighter
Reconnaissance Wing. In the first part of its
active life the aircraft flew in natural metal
colors with Red 378 board number. The aircraft
returned twice to Czechoslovakia for overhaul
in the Trenčín factory, in 1971 and 1978. After the
second overhaul it received a new camouflage
scheme represented here. These are Czech
colors which were very different from Hungarian
AF official coloring. Later several new patches of
dark green were added by Hungarian technicians
as repairs. It is interesting that this aircraft is still
in service but this time in private hand in USA as
N21KE. After withdrawal from Hungarian AF in
March 1983 it was sold in summer of 1984 and
had a colorful after-life, flying in VVS colors as
09 with red star. With breakup of the Soviet Union,
it received YL
-
PAD registration to be shipped
eventually to Scotland in mid 1990s and kept in
open storage for many years. It was sold again
and shipped to the US, after refurbishment flew
as Red 09 from Minnetonka.
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