LET L-410 Turbolet

The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005), often used as an airliner. The aircraft is capable of landing on short and unpaved runways and operating under extreme conditions from +50 °C to -50 °C. In 2016, 1,200 L-410 have been built and over 350 are in service in more than 50 countries.
==Variants==
*L-410: Prototype, three units built.
*L-410A: First series with Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27 turbo-prop engines. Twelve built.
**L-410AB: Version with four-bladed propellers.
**L-410AF: Aerial photo version supplied to Hungary.
**L-401AG: With modified equipment. Never built.
**L-410AS: Test aircraft, supplied to the USSR. Five airplanes built
*L-410FG: Aerial photography version based on L-410UVP
*L-410M: Second series with Walter M601A engines.
**L-410AM: Version with improved M601Bs, also known as L-410MA or L-410MU.
*L-410 UVP: (Ukorochennaya vzlot-posadka, "short take-off and landing") Third series, fundamentally modified. The principal changes are a trunk, an extended wingspan by 0.80 m (2.6 ft), M601Bs, a higher horizontal stabilizer. The UVP variants possesses STOL characteristics.
**L-410 UVP-S: Salon variant of the UVP with upward hinged entrance hatch.
**L-410 UVP-E: Re-equipped with M601Es, five-bladed Avia V510 propellers, additional fuel tanks at the wing ends.
**L-401T: Transport variant of the UVP with larger loading hatch (1.25 by 1.46 metres or 4.1 by 4.8 feet), can transport 6 stretchers as a medical airplane with a medic, or 12 parachutists. It can also carry 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of cargo containers.
*L-420: Upgraded L-410 UVP-E - new M601Fs, certified variant of the L-410 UVP-E20
*L-410 NG: Substantially redesigned and expanded version, powered by new GE H85 engines and a glass cockpit. Capable carrying twice as much cargo as well as roughly double the endurance of the original model.
==Users==
*Bangladesh
**Bangladesh Air Force
*Bulgaria
**Bulgarian Air Force
*Cape Verde
**Cape Verde Air Force
*Colombia
**Colombian Air Force
**Satena
*Comoros
**Comoros Armed Forces
*Czech Republic
**Czech Air Force
*Czechoslovakia
**Czechoslovakian Air Force
*Djibouti
**Djibouti Air Force
*Estonia
**Estonian Border Guard Aviation Corps
*East Germany
**East German Air Force
*Germany
**Luftwaffe
*Honduras
**Honduran Air Force
*Hungary
**Hungarian Air Force
*Indonesia
**Indonesian Air Force
*Latvia
**Latvian Air Force
*Libya
**Libyan Air Force
*Lithuania
**Lithuanian Air Force
*Mozambique
**Mozambique Air Force
*Peru
**Peruvian Army Aviation
*Russia
**Russian Air Force
*Slovakia
**Slovak Air Force
*Slovenia
**Slovenian Air Force
*Soviet Union
**Soviet Air Force
*Tunisia
**Tunisian Air Force
==See Also==
===Related Development===
*LET L-410NG
===Comparable Aircraft===
*Antonov An-28/PZL M28 Skytruck
*Beriev Be-30
*Britten-Norman Trislander
*CASA C-212 Aviocar
*De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
*Dornier Do228
*Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
*Harbin Y-12
*IAI Arava
*Short SC.7 Skyvan
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