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L-60 Brigadýr
	L60 as air ambulance at the Polish Aviation Museum
Role	Utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero
First flight	24 December 1953
Primary user	Czechoslovakian aviation
Produced	273

Orličan L-60 Brigadýr (V-01) prototype, military version (one 7.92mm MG15 machinegun and two light bombs).First flight on 28 June 1955.

The Aero L-60 Brigadýr (Czech: Brigadier) was a small, propeller-driven Czechoslovakian STOL utility aircraft developed for both civil and military use. A prototype, designated XL-60, with Argus As 10C engine, first flew on December 24, 1953, but it was not successful. The plane was thoroughly redesigned and the second improved prototype, with M-208B engine, flew on June 8, 1954. The aircraft's configuration bears a strong resemblance to the Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" licence-produced in Czechoslovakia during and after World War II (as K-65 Čáp), and which this aircraft was intended to replace. By the end of production in 1960, 273 had been built, including an improved version, the L-160 with an all-metal tail.

Aircraft retrofitted with a PZL-built Ivchenko AI-14R radial engine are known as the L-60S.

[edit] Variants

XL-60 : Prototype.
L-60 : Single-engined light utility transport, observation aircraft.
L-60A : 50 production aircraft for the Czech Air Force. Also known as the K-60. Armed with MG-15 7.92 mm machine gun in a rear cab. First flew on June 24, 1955.
L-60B : Agricultural crop spraying aircraft (300 l chemicals tank).
L-60D : Glider tug aircraft.
L-60E :Air ambulance aircraft.
L-60F : Glider tug aircraft.
L-60S : Aircraft fitted with the PZL-built 260-hp Ivchenko AI-14R radial piston engine.
L-60SF : Fitted with the M-462RF radial piston engine.
L-160 : Improved version with all-metal tail.