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莱托夫

Letov Kbely · Letecký arsenál · Rudý Letov

Czechoslovakia’s oldest aircraft works began by mending war trophies, built the country’s first series aircraft, fought on both sides in 1944 and ended up making wings for more than 6,500 Czech jet trainers.

1918创立
2014年合并地位
5记录在案的飞机
3空军驾驶其机型
Photo (Letov Š-16 shown): L’Aéronautique magazine / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
国家捷克共和国创立1918总部Letňany, Prague所有者Latécoère (since 2000)地位2014年合并
故事

Letov: the company and the aircraft that made its name

The army’s aircraft arsenal

Letov was founded by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence in 1918 as the Letecký arsenál, the air arsenal, to repair and modify trophy aircraft left over from the First World War and to build new ones. Its designer was Alois Šmolík, and in 1921 it presented the Letov Š-1 reconnaissance biplane, the first Czechoslovak aircraft built in series. Šmolík designed 36 types, 18 of which went into production, and by 1939 the works had built some 50 types, mostly for the Czechoslovak army: the advanced Š-3 monoplane, the Š-16 bomber and the Š-28 reconnaissance family.

Šmolík’s biplanes

The most important of these was the Š-328, which entered Czechoslovak service in 1935. Altogether 412 were built, production continuing under German occupation until 1940 with the last aircraft going to Bulgaria and Slovakia. Slovak S-328s flew against Hungary in March 1939, against Poland and on the Eastern Front, and in late 1944 at least 11 were seized by insurgents and flown against the Germans in the Slovak National Uprising. During the war the factory itself worked as a Luftwaffe repair shop under Junkers and set up production lines for the Ju 290.

Wings for the Warsaw Pact

After the war the works was nationalised as Rudý Letov, the Red Letov. It turned a Ju 290 into the L 290 Orel airliner, assembled 14,187 Aero Minor cars between 1946 and 1951, and built wings and rear fuselages for the MiG-15, MiG-19 and MiG-21. With Aero it then produced more than 4,000 wing and tail sets for the L-29 Delfín and 2,500 for the L-39 Albatros. After 1989 it struggled. In 1997 Aero Vodochody took over most of it, on 1 July 2000 the French group Latécoère bought it, and since 1 January 2014 it has been Latécoère Czech Republic, making parts for Airbus.

Czechoslovakia’s oldest aircraft works began by mending war trophies, built the country’s first series aircraft, fought on both sides in 1944 and ended up making wings for more than 6,500 Czech jet trainers.Letov · verified 2026-10-03
一览

Letov in numbers

公司

简而言之
Founded 1918

  • Founded by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence at Kbely/Letňany, Prague
  • Nationalised after 1945 as Rudý Letov
  • Owned by Latécoère since 2000; renamed Latécoère Czech Republic 2014

生产

最出名的是
Š-1，Š-328

  • Some 50 aircraft types built by 1939
  • Š-328: 412 built
  • More than 4,000 L-29 and 2,500 L-39 wing and tail sets
  • 14,187 Aero Minor cars, 1946–1951

今天

现在
Latécoère Czech Republic

  • Aerostructure parts for large passenger aircraft, including Airbus

这些数字

Aircraft types built by 1939
some 50
Šmolík designs
36 types, 18 in series
Š-328 built
412
L-29 wing and tail sets
more than 4,000
L-39 wing and tail sets
2,500
Aero Minor cars assembled
14,1871946–1951
飞机

Every notable Letov aircraft

飞机 角色 首航 建造 地位 笔记
Letov Š-1 侦察双翼机 1920 已退休 First Czechoslovak aircraft built in series
Letov Š-16 侦察轰炸机 已退休
莱托夫 Š-328 侦察机和轻型轰炸机 1933 412 已退休 Flew with Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, the Luftwaffe and Slovak insurgents
Letov L 290 Orel Airliner (from Ju 290) 1 已退休
Letov LF-107 Luňák Aerobatic glider 已退休 First post-war Letov glider
谁驾驶它们

Letov aircraft in the world’s air forces

3 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Letov types. 其中 0 辆仍在服役。.

空军 在服役 以前飞过
保加利亚空军 莱托夫 Š-328
拉脱维亚空军 Letov Š-16L
斯洛伐克空军 莱托夫 Š-328
地点、人物、记录

Where Letov built, who led it, what it achieved

工厂

  • Letňany works · Letňany, Prague — Home of the company since 1918

人们

  • Alois Šmolík · chief designer — Designed 36 types; stayed until the Nazi takeover in 1939
  • Klement Adamec · first director

纪录和第一

  • Letov Š-1: first Czechoslovak aircraft produced in series, 1921
  • Oldest aircraft company in the Czech lands
时间线

Letov, year by year

1918

Letecký arsenál founded by the Ministry of Defence

1921

Letov Š-1 presented

1933

S-328F prototype first flight

1935

Š-328 enters Czechoslovak service

1939

Works taken over by the Germans; becomes a Luftwaffe repair shop

1944

Slovak insurgents fly S-328s in the Slovak National Uprising

1946

Nationalised as Rudý Letov; Aero Minor car assembly begins

1967

Czechoslovak aircraft factories merged into one concern

1997

Aero Vodochody takes over most of the company

2000

Bought by Latécoère

2014

Renamed Latécoère Czech Republic

问答

Everything people ask about Letov

Does Letov still exist?
The company continues as Latécoère Czech Republic, part of France’s Latécoère since 2000, making parts for airliners; the Letov name was dropped in 2014.
What was the Letov Š-328?
A two-seat Czechoslovak reconnaissance and light bomber biplane of the 1930s; 412 were built and they served on both sides in the Second World War.
Did Letov build the L-39?
It built the wings and tail units: more than 4,000 sets for the L-29 Delfín and 2,500 for the L-39 Albatros, working with Aero.
When was Letov founded?
In 1918, by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence, as an air arsenal to repair war-trophy aircraft and build new ones.

继续参观

Around Letov

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已验证 2026-10-03。.