"The L-159B is a light subsonic attack jet and advanced trainer, developed in the single-seat L-159A and two-seat L-159B versions respectively, manufactured by Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic. Features Gmax model with 4 LODs; animated gear, wheels, struts, flaps, control surfaces, canopy, trim; animated and clickable virtual cockpit; 22 custom made gauges; lightmap and damage textures; landing, nav, formation, beacon, taxi and cockpit lights; custom dynamics and more. By Vit Storch."
Took her up for a quick shake-down flight, KAIA to KBFF in the Nebraska panhandle.
The weather here today is a mashup of bright sky with moody clouds, nice for screenshots.
She's a looker. :-) Am especially pleased that she flies so much like the L-39 after spending hundreds of happy hours flying her.
Flying past a famous landmark out my way: Chimney Rock along the Oregon Trail, called "The Holy Road" by the Lakota Sioux back in the day for reason that no native was to harass any emigrants traveling along the trail... and, as we all know, it ended quite poorly after "The Mormon Cow" incident in 1854. It all went rapidly downhill from there. Fascinating as well as heartbreaking history.
Just as with the L-39, the engine takes some time to spool back up. Got a wee bit behind the power curve though got us down in one piece, shot captured inches from wheels down (yeah, I edited out the red and white "Replay" in the lower left of the image, Sioux me). Give her a try, s'il vous plaît. She even comes with a decent soundset. A lot of fun!
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