Monument aircraft L-29 Vilniansk

Monument aircraft L-29 ("Dolphin") is located in Volnyansk Zaporozhye region.   It is set in a public park in 2010. That`s when the city celebrated the 170th anniversary of its founding and the 67 anniversary of the liberation from Nazi-German army. The monument was dedicated not only to these events, but also dedicated to the soldiers-internationalists.

The history of the monument to the aircraft L-29

Plane L-29 - a training aircraft in Czechoslovakia. He was the first in a generation of jet training aircraft. In the mid-50s began to re-jet supersonic aircraft. For the first time "Dolphin" took off in 1959, and in 1961 became the main aircraft for training in the countries which have signed the Warsaw Pact. Later, the plane "Dolphin" begin to produce commercially (1963-1974 gg.). During this period it was manufactured more than 3,500 aircraft of this type. It exported nearly 15 countries. During its existence "Dolphin" managed to get a gold medal at the International Fair in 1964. When the aircraft was removed from weapons countries, many items were bought by private individuals. Before our time has a lot of A-29, which have been preserved in good condition, that is, they can still fly.

Plane L-29 is a reliable and simple design. Its special feature is that it can take off even a dirt road or grass. Since the "Dolphin" was a training aircraft, it shall prepare pilots for the MiG-21. In 1964, Ivano-Frankivsk, a joint air base in Czechoslovakia and the USSR. It transported the new L-29, and then sent to the air regiments Union. In addition to L-29 in the Zaporozhye region there are other monuments aircraft.

How to get to the monument of the aircraft L-29

To see the monument to the aircraft L-29, you need to use public transport, which runs along the Lenin and Soviet.