Located in Prague - Letňany LETOV is the oldest aircraft company in the region.
1918: founded by the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Defense to repair World War I trophy planes.
During World War II the factory served as a repair shop for the German Luftwaffe. Production lines were also set up during World War II for combat versions of the Ju 290.The plant also manufactured parts for the MiG-15, MiG-19 and MiG-21 from the 1950s. Letov built over 4,000 wings and empennages for the L-29 Delfín during the 1960s and then 2500 wings and empennages for the L-39 Albatros trainer from the 1970s.
2000: Letov was bought by French Groupe Latécoère. The company now manufactures parts for airliners.
In order of model number
First Flight: 1920
reconnaissance
re-engined Š-1
First flight: 1922 (only 2 built)
fighter
First flight: 1922
fighter
First flight: 1923
bomber
First flight: 1923 (only 1 built)
fighter
First flight: 1923
racer
reconnaissance
(license-built Hansa-Brandenburg B.I)
First flight: 1924 (only 1 built)
fighter
First flight: 1924 (only 1 built)
fighter
First Flight: 1926
bomber
First Flight: 1925
trainer (Walter NZ-60 engine)
variant with Walter NZ-85 engine
First Flight: 1926
variant with Walter NZ-120 engine and a complete fuselage reconstruction with a steel tube frame. Sold to Finnish Air Force
First flight: 1925
transport
First Flight: 1926
fighter
trainer version of Š-20
First flight: 1926 (only 1 built)
fighter
First Flight: 1929
Reconnaissance
production variant
First flight: 1929
fighter
First flight: 1931
airliner
First flight: 1930
longe-range bomber
First flight: 1931
sports
First flight: 1938
bomber prototype
First Flight: 1948
Aerobatic glider
LF-107 fitted with laminar flow wings
First flight: 1991
single-seat ultralight
2-seat ultralight
First Flight: 1972
Towed Target