The L-39 basic and advanced jet trainer was developed at Aero works in Vodochody, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), by chief designer, Jan VIcek.

The aircraft first flew on November 4th, 1968, replacing the Aero L-29 Delfin as the standard jet trainer of the Czechoslovak, Soviet, and East German air forces. The Albatros quickly became a standard export platform for training and light attack purposes. The total production number is unknown, but estimated to be around 2900.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco)[1] is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6. The MiG-17 is still being used by the North Korean air force in the present day and has seen combat in the Middle East and Asia.

The Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III is an American two-seat, high performance homebuilt aircraft designed and built by Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft of Arlington, Washington as an addition to the Glasair range of aircraft for amateur construction.