few weeks after the introduction of the model it crashed into Lake Balaton. Military operators Algerian Air Force (produced locally under Safir-43 name) Cuban Air Force East German Air Force Hungarian Air Force North Macedonian Air Force Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (used by the Air Tigers branch) Specifications (Z 43) See also References External links EASA Type Certificate Data Sheet: Zlin Z 43 Series, Issue 8, 25 April 2016 Airliners.net - Zlin-143 1960s Czechoslovakian civil trainer aircraft Zlín aircraft Military equipment of Slovenia 1990s Algerian military trainer aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1968