Aermacchi MB-326 – Photos & Videos

O Aermacchi ou Macchi MB-326 é um treinador a jato militar leve projetado na Itália. Originalmente concebido como um treinador de dois lugares, também foram produzidas versões de ataque leve de um e dois lugares. É uma das aeronaves de maior sucesso comercial de seu tipo, sendo comprada por mais de 10 países e produzida sob licença na Austrália, Brasil e África do Sul. Ele estabeleceu muitos recordes de categoria, incluindo um recorde de altitude de 56.807 pés (17.315 m) em 18 de março de 1966. Mais de 800 MB-326 foram construídos entre 1961-1975.

Fonte: Aermacchi MB-326 na Wikipédia

The Aermacchi MB-326 is a light military jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed in Italy by engineer Ermanno Bazzocchi. It first flew on 10 December 1957 and entered service in 1962. It was powered by a single Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet engine and had a two-seat tandem cockpit with ejection seats. It had a low-wing monoplane configuration with swept wings and tail surfaces.
It could carry up to 908 kg of weapons on four underwing hardpoints, including bombs, rockets, missiles and gun pods. It was one of the most commercially successful jet trainers of its time, being exported to more than 10 countries and produced under licence in Australia, Brazil and South Africa. It also set several records for its category, such as an altitude record of 17,315 m on 18 March 1966. The MB-326 was later developed into the improved MB-339 model.