Model History
In the late 1940s, the Czechoslovak Air
Force still perated K-65 Čap STOP aircraft
a local copy of the 1936 Fieseler Fi 156
Storch, manufactured by Orličan in Chocen.
As it became obsolete, 1951 the
Czehoslovak Ministry of Defence opened a
competition for new liaison and utility aircraft.
That contest was won by project named LB-60
and propsed by engineer Ondrej Nenec.
The first prototype was tested in 1953.
Initially the L-60 was powered by Praga Doris
engine, also known as Walter M-208, designed
by Jaroslav Kruliš. This engine provided to be
unreliable, and majority of the L-60s underwent
engine uprades in 1970s, by replacing original
powerplant with Polish made Ivchenko AI-14RA
radial engine.
