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Let Z-37 "Čmelák" (Bumble-Bee)

Let Z-37 photo: Kamil Pankuch

Let Z-37 photo: Kamil Pankuch

Agricultural airplane used for crop-dusting has been made in Czechoslovakia from 1966 to 1977.
Low-wing aircraft with metal frame and duraluminium sheet, partially with canvas. It has STOL capabilities. Aircraft is powered by radial nine-cylinder engine M-462RF (czechoslovak version of the soviet engine Ivtsenko AI-14RF) with performance of 206/232 kW (280/315 hp).
Application tank has volume of 700 l or 600 kg of chemicals.

Versions:

• Z-37A-2 (Z-37-2) - two-place version for training pilots
• Z-37A - has advanced anticorrosive protection and new engine cooling blinds. Production started in 1972.
• Z-37C - version with six-cylinder engine Continental IO-520-D with performance of 162 kW (220 hp). Only one was made.