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Listing a beautiful L39C. I have owned it for about 2.5 years, and it pains me to list it, but there is only so much jet-money to go around, so it's time to move to the next cool project. I love this airplane, and the buyer will love it as well, it is badass. I routinely get requests for film/youtube productions, and it is always a hit at airshows.

The jet is incredibly fun and straightforward to fly- I bought it to make myself a better stick/rudder guy, and I think I succeeded. Anyone with some turbine (or HP/complex airplane) time would be able to complete the type rating in a day or 2 (I also have a school and DPE if you need one).

Included with the sale is all the knowledge that I've accumulated with the jet: (maintenance manuals, a few tools, some spare tires, a cover, drawings, some CAD panel drawings, etc).

Yr of Mfg: 1983
Serial: 332518
TTAF: approx. 2700
Engine: AI-25TL
Serial: 7082522400148
SMOH: approx. 325hrs on factory OH
Listed at: $510k

Airframe Mods:
True Blue 120V inverter (removes heavy Soviet inverters)
Removed RAT and RAT hydraulics
Concorde RG-390E lead acid battery
Cold ejection seats
Upgraded seat-pack parachutes to Paradigm Defense Systems (formerly Strong)
US Oxygen filling adapter
Soviet oxygen regulators, adapters to fit MBU-12 masks
English Cabin Pressure indicator (US units)
LED landing lights
LED cabin lighting (red and white)
New LED annunciator panels, new lenses
“LADDER OPEN” annunciator indicator
Paint 9.5/10 (Dec 2023)
345 gal Fuel (293 main and 52 aux)

Cockpit & Avionics:
9/10, military gray
Dual Garmin G5s
GNS430W (COM1)
Microaire 760 (COM2)
GI106 (redundant)
GAD29C (displays on bottom G5 for HSI, RNAV, ILS)
Garmin audio Panel
GTX335 transponder
GFC500 Garmin autopilot (components purchased; planned install fall 2025)
Avidyne TAS610 active traffic system (displays on 430)
Electronics Int’l FP-5L fuel flow computer and totalizer
Electronics Int’l FT-180 fuel flow transducer
New painted and laser-engraved switch covers

A few more pics:
GMC507 AP head;
120V 300Hz Inverter (replaces the Russian stuff)
close up of L desk panel with new switch covers, new flap indicator lenses, and LEDs

Gorgeous plane!
Absolutely baffles me that you can buy this for less than a lot of A36s.

jump in, the water is warm.

it'll do 350 all day long at FL250.
it does, however, burn a bit more gas.

Could you elaborate on removing the RAT? Are there backup HYDs?

Very nice! What is the normal fuel burn?

The RAT is designed to automatically deploy if there is a generator failure. With modern batteries (like the Concorde this one has), the battery would nearly outlast your fuel supply. So the RAT just isn’t needed.

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The RAT is designed to automatically deploy if there is a generator failure. With modern batteries (like the Concorde this one has), the battery would nearly outlast your fuel supply. So the RAT just isn’t needed.

The RAT is designed to automatically deploy if there is a generator failure. With modern batteries (like the Concorde this one has), the battery would nearly outlast your fuel supply. So the RAT just isn’t needed.

Ok, huge props for the Decepticon logo on the nose! Thrust was my favorite Transformer toy when I was a kid.

Man I want one of these so bad.... Just don't have the time for it right now. Youngest is in 7th grade so probably 5 years out from making the leap. This one looks amazing and has all the bells and whistles.

I have a sharp mechanic that maintains my Citation. Is there a lot of type-specific knowledge required or is it pretty straightforward?

What are the intervals on the engine for HSI/OH?

did you do MX with Code1?

Leading Candidate for:

Coolest October Thread.

we've had a transformer in every airplane we've owned.

Some mechanics will travel to you to do the annual. There is some type-specific knowledge and tooling. however, it is not a complicated airplane to work on, and not much breaks.

the engine was overhauled in 2017 at the Motorsich factory in Ukraine. It is an 850-hour OH, this one has somewhere around 320 hours on it (I fly it about 50 hrs per year, which seems to be the normal fleet usage). It is CRAZY clean inside the engine compartment and accessories.

there are versions of the OH that are good for 1,000 hrs, and I honestly don't know the difference. my advice would be to fly this one until OH, then convert it to a TPE731. you could sell the core to offset some of the conversion cost. alternatively, sell the engine now and do a 731 conversion. I just didn't want the downtime...