Digital "pixel" camouflage and stencils on the airplane L-39M1. Front view.
27. September - 1. October 2012, AVIASVIT-XXI - Kyiv-Antonov Aerodrom, Gostomel, Kyiv, Ukraine. "Odesaviaremservice" aircraft repair plant presented the upgraded jet aeroplane L-39M1. Together with enterprises "Progress"» and "Motor Sich" L-39M1 represents the upgraded serial plane of the Czech production L-39C. Re-equipment of the base turbojet «AI-25TL» on modernized "AI-25TLSh" to increase draft by 10 % (with 1720 to 1850 kg) and twice (from 8-12 seconds to 5-6 seconds) to reduce acceleration performance time that allowed to improve considerably dynamic characteristics of the plane and safety of performance of flights at small heights. On L-39 new type of masking – pixel "digital-camouflage" which washes away a silhouette of the plane in flight and complicates its identification.
Size: 3614px × 2400px
Location: Kyiv-Antonov Aerodrom, Gostomel, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Photo credit: © Vadzim Kandratsenkau / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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