The Zlin Z-526 Akrobat is a Czech sports plane used in

aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aeroplane" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and gl ...

History

The Z-526 was originally designed by Zlin Aircraft in 1959. Its two-seat version is called the Trener-Master. The Z 526's layout was organized with the pilot in the rear, and the student in the front. The aircraft could be equipped also with tip tanks and a constant speed propeller. The Z-526F was introduced in 1968 and was equipped with a 135 kW (180 hp) Avia M 137A engine, the export version Z-526L differing by being equipped with a 150 kW (200 hp)

Lycoming AEIO-360 The Lycoming O-360 is a family of four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engines. Engines in the O-360 series produce between , with the basic O-360 producing . The engine family has been installed in ...

flat-four. Single-seat versions included the Z-526A, Z-526AS, and the Z-526AFS. The Z-526 AFM was built between 1981 and 1984 and was powered by a 155 kW (210 hp) Avia M337 engine, had tip tanks and a lengthened fuselage. The aircraft was later developed into the Zlin Z-726. More than 1,400 Z-526s were manufactured, many for military and private flying schools.

Variants

;Z-526 : Two-seat version ;Z-526A : Single-seat version ;Z-526AF : Single-seat version ;Z-526AFS : Single-seat version ;Z-526AFM Condor :powered by an Avia M337 inverted six-cylinder engine giving 210hp(157kW)

Aircraft on display

;Serbia * Z-526M -

Museum of Aviation (Belgrade) The Aeronautical Museum Belgrade, formerly known as the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, is a museum located in Surčin, Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1957, the museum is located adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The current f ...

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

Specifications (Z-526 Trener-Master)

References

External links

Moravan Aeroplanes, Inc., The Czech Republic - manufacturerZlin Treners -This aeroplane teaches you to fly!-
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zlin Z 526 1960s Czechoslovak sport aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Z526 Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1959