CZECH REVOLUTION

Aero Vodochody has experienced some fairly tough times over the past decade or so. But as AFM‘s Alan Warnes discovered, with L-159 ALCA production resumed and the new L-39NG on the scene, the future looks much brighter. L-39/L-159 Main photo: US company Draken International has purchased 21 L-159Es, which are used as ‘Red Air’ tactical aircraft in US military exercises. See also ‘Enter the dragon’, May 2017, p60-67. José M Ramos THINGS ARE looking up for Praguebased Aero Vodochody. New