page_title: Zlín Z 26
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Zlín Z 26 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Zlin Z226T Trener 6 OK-KNP displayed at the 1957 Paris Air Salon at Le Bourget Airport
context_page_description: The Zlin Trener is a family of aircraft that was based on a basic training aircraft, the Z-26.
  The original Z-26 was designed in the 1940s and produced in 1946 by the Czechoslovakian company, Moravan to meet a requirement for a basic trainer to replace the Bücker Jungmann and Bestmann. It was a low-wing monoplane of mixed construction, with wooden wings and a welded metal tube fuselage, powered by a single four-cylinder piston engine, the Walter Minor 4-III. It first flew in early 1947, proving superior to the competing Praga 112, and was declared the winner, entering production in 1948.
  Later Z-26 variants were optimised to participate in aerobatic competitions and many were owned by private pilot owners. Both the two-seat Trener and the single-seat Akrobat were considered highly successful, winning several aerobatic awards in the 1960s.
context_section_description: The following variants were progressive improvements on the Z-26:
  Z-26 – two-seat primary trainer aircraft. 163 built.
  Z-126 – introduced in 1953, Czech military designation C-105, all-metal wing instead of original wooden wing.
  Z-226 – more powerful Walter Minor 6-III six-cylinder engine, C-205
  Z-226A – single-seat aerobatic aircraft
  Z-226B – glider tug aircraft
  Z-226T – basic training version
  Z-326 – Introduced in 1959, with an electrically retractable undercarriage (standard on future models)
  Z-526 – with the Walter 6-III carburettor's six-cylinder engine
  Z-526A – single-seat aerobatic aircraft
  Z-526F – Improved version. M-137 engine with fuel injector.
  Z-726 – modified 526 with shortened wings and fuselafe
  Z-726K – with Walter M 337 supercharged engine
  In 1956, deliveries began of the Z326 Trener-Master and Z326A Akrobat.  Many sub-variants were also produced, for example the Z-526A and Z-526AFS were aerobatic specials. The production of the family was terminated in the 1970s with Z-726.  The Z-726 Universal had reduced wingspan.
caption: Zlin Z-226T Trener 6 exhibited at the 1957 Paris Air Show
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