Unboxing Our 1975 Soviet Fighter Jet 

Yeah, so the soviet fighter-jet turns out to be a czechoslovak sub-sonic training jet...but it's still awesome, had a plastic model of the aero l-29 dolphin and the l-39 albatros...I definitely appreciate the enthusiasm in keeping our (czech and slovak) history alive!

RU-vidrs rushing planes for Oshkosh feels like the ultimate in get-there-itis.

Hi Matt. I like your channel. Great aviation videos. I Just vould like to write that our country Czech Republic was't part of SSSR. L39 Albatros has been made in Vodochody close to Prague. Enjoy this beautiful plane. Looking forward to see next videos.

Good that you had Shane and the guys who know L-39s and have the right tools and fixtures help assemble your L-39. I have visited them several times. Hope you got all the factory bolts which are special bolts. I have assembled lots of L-29s but not L-39s. One of the L-29s I used to own is at Gadsen AL now I think. Have someone who really knows those L-39 engines do an internal engine inspection before flying it much. Several friends with L-39 have had problems with L-39 engines. One friend had his engine blow up on the ramp. Another friend was killed when his blew on takeoff. Inspect them every 500 hours. Do not believe the people who say they do not need that. Better safe than sorry.

When you don’t know the meaning of “Soviet” and “Fighter”.

Actually, the plane is a Czech (Czechoslovak) light training jet L-39 Albatross produced mainly in the 70s and 80s by AERO in the city of Vodochody (close to Prague, CZ).

Incredible! Looks like it's coming together surprisingly smoothly. Looking forward to the next video.

Wow that’s awesome. I have been following you for a long time but never thought of seeing you in your own jet. Congratulations

I've seen a lot of unboxing RU-vid videos but leave it to Matt to top them all! "Jet, with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces Climb on the back, and we'll go for a ride in the sky" - Paul McCartney & Wings

Awesome video! What a great adventure you are living!!!!

Very cool, can't wait to see next Episode!

Saw this plane sitting at KABR on its way back home after Oshkosh. Looks like a lot of fun to fly!

What a great moment to see the airplane emerging from the container.

Matt I have been following your success . Very happy you are able to join the jet ownership.

Matt I hope y'all enjoyed the stop in my hometown Huntsville, AL. Great to see footage of Gadsden and Cullman too. Looking forward to the next video!

Super cool seeing you in southern wisconsin before you and some guys went up to do a formation! Thanks for allowing me to take photos!!

I love your Bonanza and that dash is outstanding !

Outstanding work on this one Matt. Can't wait to see the next episode!

Outstanding work Matt. That was def a #mission!

Man took unboxing videos to another level

I can't even count how many fantasies I've had of scoring an L39 for myself! Can't wait to see you flying around in this thing! Please make a vid going into the details of who/how/how much went into this project. Blue skies!

Love, love, love the paint on this.

I used to fly for Pride Aviation in Rockford Illinois and the L-39 I had found was the most easiest plane to reassemble and fly. You will enjoy this plane Matt as I'm sure you already know

Great story. Looking forward to the rest.

Best unbox vid ever!

Awesome man love the project

This is what I want to buy one day. Nice job!

ultimate unboxing video!

That’s what I’m talking about!!! Awesome!

A couple years ago when I flew to Gadsden I saw a Mig-15 there then on my private solo I saw the Goodyear blimp on 24. Love that airport

Yaaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!! A new video at last!!!

Pretty cool to see you in my neck of the woods. The Huntsville area has some amazingly talented aviation folks. I had an idea you were in Gadsden from a couple posts I saw elsewhere. Only about 30 miles from me!

That’s pretty amazing!

That project is so cool I've always dreamed of going up in a plane like that sadly I don't think that's a dream that will ever be realized

cant wait for more videos of the L39!!!!

That runway (18-36) at Huntsville is like 12,000 feet long. Atlas Air operates there for the Intermodal cargo depot. I used to live a half mile south of 18 and could hear/see all the aircraft on final. I would take my boys up to the roof and we would lie on a blanket and watch all the planes land. My wife thought we were nuts, but it's like camping in the backyard. You get to experience things without too much danger or hassle. If you're in your own backyard and it get's too cold, just go inside. Plane watching when you're directly under them and close is a unique vantage.

Fantastic filming and editing. It's a hamburger with the lot: *Surprised "jet" *Time constraints *Foreign compliance *Work safety with assembly *Dramatic music 🌏🦉

While calling an L-39 a fighter is a bit hyperbolic. It is a cool TRAINER!

Amazing. Good luck

Mr pilot sir , this is some great stuff.

DANG BRO!!! THIS is freaking exciting!! I can hardly wait to see how this project turns out. So do you personally own this plane? It is gonna spoil you for flying slow single engine props. Maybe not. It is definitely gonna be major fun though. Good luck! 👍

Gotta love the L-39

Bruhhhhh I've been waiting for this video ever since Mat stepped out of the L-39 and told us it was JUST in a shipping container! 🤣

Yeah yeah, La Crosse!! ✈️🤙🏻

I did my second solo to Gadsden. Wish I’d know you guys were nearby!

Ahhhh...... the title is click bait.... but wow, L-39. Nice!

Psyched for next episode!!

Great stuff.

Title of video: Soviet fighter jet.... Video: L39 albatross.

I would be extremily satisfied with this bird Bonanza-glass cockpit -tip tanks.

This is not Soviet fighter jet!! This is Czechoslovak training jet... ;-)

Lol I had visions of an amazon driver pulling up and throwing a box on a porch !

beautiful aircraft

New to the channel and glad I found it! It's cool to see that it has the paint job that it flew with as a demo bird while at Amari. Can you not fly with cold seats?

You bought a L39? How cool is that!

It would be a dream job to be involved with this project on any level.

i learned about these from reno airraces this year.. cool planes

Wish I would have known you guys were in town would have come and bought you coffee, Gadsden and Cullman pretty close to home!

Crazy amazing.I wanna fly

so cool!

Small steps gentleman, don’t rush . If it’s not ready it’s not ready.

Only unboxing video I’ve ever cared to watch.

"Wow"!!!😄

I'll see you in Oshkosh!

Awesome thank you for sharing your love and talents with everyone brother. Dinosaur Colorado USA saying hello and stay safe out there brother 🙏👍🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Get there itus almost killed me in a head on collision a few years back, trying to get to an airshow here in the UK 🇬🇧

Can't wait to see this "bird" in the air!

You flew into my home airport, KHSV! We do have big runways. LOL.

False title! Right title is : "Unboxing our 1975 estonian Czechoslovakian designed and built training jet" (Even if some were used as ground attack jet.)

First of all, huge congratulations Matt, yor face tells everything. You'll need to eat a lemon to erase the tremendous smile (as we say in Chile). Congratulations again, enjoy and be safe. I noticed your plane has 2 yokes now. Best regards

We viewers never knew this jet effort was "in-the-works". The whole project will certainly be your master-of-all-master "Top Gun" episodes.

Also, nice Falcon 10!

Matt, USA is not part of Canada and this plane is not "Soviet Fighter Jet". It is old Czech built training jet.😆

I flew gliders. One of my instructors briefed us on wearing parachutes. He had experience bailing out. He had become a test pilot after WWII. One- don’t imagine that your aircraft will be straight and level. You don’t need to bail out of such a situation, most usually. You may have G forces holding you in. You may have G forces flinging you out. With this in mind have a detailed egress plan. Practice it as best you can, often.

TSO and ETSO are interchangeable as of 2017 Reciprocal agreement

There was some actual aircraft assembly footage.

Cool.... 👍

13:19 skylane N65367 is my brother lol. WOW

It is actually Czech...

I know a location near Prague with about ten all parked up almost on top of each other... Parts galore....

In the mid 90’s I was working offshore and had no mortgage. The Berlin wall had only just come down and a few people had started buying soviet aircraft, L29’s were £30k and L39’s were £60k, I seriously looked at buying one but couldn’t afford to keep it running. What does an L39 run these days? Somewhere north of £250k??

This is not a fighter jet. Nor is it Soviet. But it's still an awesome find!

Do you own communication towers? or what was the reason the guy was climbing the tower

To be clear: In 1967, the Warsaw Pact announced a tender for a subsonic training aircraft. (Warsaw Pact - the opposite pole of NATO whose members were: USSR, Poland, Hungary, GDR, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Czechoslovakia). The tender was attended by: USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia and I think also GDR. The competition was won by Czechoslovakia with the L39 Albatros, which was designed, designed and constructed by engineer Vlček and his team from the Research and Test Aviation Institute in Prague - Letňany, str..Beranových 64. The L39 Albatros was the successor to the L29 Delfín, also entirely designed in Prague under led by Ing. Wolf. The aircraft was produced in the following factories: Aero in the town of Vodochody, approx. 30 km from Prague, Motorlet Praha-Jinonice and the Rudý Letov factory in Letňany, 35 Beranových Street, Prague. Part of the project was also the production of flight TL 39 and catapult NKTL 29-39 trainers. For example, 372 NKTL 29-39 trainers were produced. L39 aircraft of various versions were produced approx. 100 pieces per year and exported to all countries of the Warsaw Pact, including the USSR! (except for Poland, which did not lose the tender.) but also to other socialist countries and also to so-called friendly countries such as: Iraq, Libya ... and of course to China. The L39 was produced modernized until 2004, I think. After 1989, US companies also took part in the modernization. The production of aircraft continues in AERO Vodochody until today - L39 NG, L159... Customers are also US companies providing service to the US army during the training of military pilots . The whole project is Czech and has nothing to do with Russia, the USSR or the RF. The Czechs are understandably very proud of the production of these aircraft, considering that only 9-10 countries in the world produce jet fighters of their own design. Czechoslovak industry also participated in the development and production of Russian space technology. For this share, Czechoslovakia was rewarded by sending Vladimír Remek into space, and thanks to this, Czechoslovakia was the third country in the world to send a man into space. That's all. Greetings from a former employee of Rudý Letov n.p. later Letov a.s. I worked on the production of the NKTL 29-39 wing and trainer.

I'm gonna make osh kosh next year!

Who knew you could package up a jet just as tidy as a Pilatus Porter!?

Love your videos

Annoyed by the click bait title but still quite enjoyed the video. Waiting to see how the parachute rigging and flight testing turn out.

Cliff hangar !

Big OOF on the blue toolbox.

I just noticed the second yoke on the bonanza, how long have I been missing that or is it new?

I know of trade a plane and others but just in general what do foreign country individuals sell these on the worldwide market...I'm aware of the maintenance costs being huge for the common pilot. I enjoy watching your videos when I can.

G'day Matt, Absolutely rolled on the floor with laughter when I read "Unboxing..." and then saw the thumbnail of a real aircraft 🤣 Outstanding, mate! All the very best with your new 'toy'! I'm so envious; and I'm still laughing! Great take-offs and happier, safer landings! Cheers, Bill Halliwell Tasmania

What restaurant was that? It looks amazing

When did you change to dual yokes in your bonanza. Last I remember you still had the single.

Civilian SEP pilots jumping into ejection seat equipped high performance military turbine aircraft... with all the instruments and flight manuals *in a foreign language* ... what could possibly go wrong?

Soviet Fighter Jet turned out to be a Czech trainer, still a nice jet.

In the late 1990's, you could get an affordable ($100k) Mig-21 certified for general aviation in the USA.

Matt, when did you dual your bonanza on the control column? Maybe I missed that video?

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