ZLIN 526


From LFLP Annecy Meythet to LFHV Villefranche Tarrare


The renowned Zlin series
of two seat Trener trainers and single seat Akrobat aerobatic aircraft was a great success, winning numerous world aerobatic championship titles during the 1960s.

Zlin Z 526
Trainer / Aerobatic Aircraft
Crew: 1 / 2

Propulsion:1 Piston Engine
Engine Model: Walter Minor 6-III
Engine Power: 118 kW / 158 hp

Speed: 293 km/h / 158 kts / 182 mph
Service Ceiling: 5.100 m / 16.732 ft,
Range: 650 km / 351 NM / 404 mi.
Empty Weight: 665 kg / 1.466 lbs,
max. Takeoff Weight: 975 kg / 2.150 lbs
Wing Span: 10,60 m / 34,8 ft
Wing Area:15,5 m² / 167 ft²
Length: 8,00 m / 26,2 ft
Height: 2,06 m / 6,8 ft
First Flight 1965

Total Production 325, out of production
Developed from Zlin Z 26

Z 326 TrenerMaster and single seat Z 326A Akrobat introduced retractable undercarriage, a feature that became standard on all subsequent models. Deliveries began in 1959.

The Z 526 Trener differed in that the pilot flew the aircraft from the rear, rather than the front seat, with optional tip tanks and a constant speed prop

The original Z-26 was designed in late 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-winged monoplane of mixed construction, with wooden wings and a welded metal tube fuselage

the Zlin Aircraft Company was owned by the Bata Shoe Company. But the Zlin series of aircraft possesses a long legacy starting in 1934 when the founders named the company after the nearby town of Zlin. Since its beginning, the company has produced two-seat trainers, and by the time of the Cold War, the Zlin was the preferred military trainer of the eastern-bloc nations. It was also about the time that the Zlin demo pilots discovered that this little plane had some serious aerobatic chops. The Czech National Aerobatic Team would use the Zlin to create a maneuver that is Czech for headache "LOMECOVAK"

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