Want to become a fighter pilot? Your journey starts with the L-39 Albatros. This jet is a crucial training platform for military pilots, aerobatic teams, and even civilians looking for a high ...

As he later related this account, Garber asked a museum attendant if the museum still held an Albatros D.Va WWI fighter in ...

In a blow to fighter pilot egos everywhere, ... but the L-39 Albatros jet trainer is much more down-to-earth. Built in the late 1960s by the Czechoslovakian aerospace company AERO Vodochody, ...

The Albatros D.III, produced by Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH, was the third iteration in the Albatros series of fighter planes.This model introduced several enhancements over its predecessors and ...

Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH Physical Description Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane fighter; 180-horsepower Mercedes D.IIIa water-cooled engine. Lozenge camouflage on wings.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, used to fly a high-performance military jet the early days of SpaceX and Tesla. He flew his Aero L-39 Albatros, which Russian military ...

24/7 Wall St. Insights: The L-39 Albatros first entered service in 1972, and countries are still adding this aircraft to their military forces The Albatros is powered by a single Ivchenko AI-25TL ...

NOVA explores the controversial death of the World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron. The program: recounts the conventional version of the downing of the Red ...

The Aero L-39 Albatros is a two-seater fighter jet. Both seats have a full set of flight controls and instruments. Seeing the joystick tilt below you makes for a thrilling experience in the cockpit.

It wants to give one lucky fan an actual fighter jet worth $400,000. On Tuesday, the company announced it's giving away a custom-painted Aero L-39C Albatros, which comes with a "top speed of ...

NOVA explores the controversial death of the World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron. The program: recounts the conventional version of the downing of the Red ...