Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The Zlín Z 43 is a Czech four seat light aircraft. A development of the two seat Zlín Z 42, it is a low winged monoplane. A developed version, the Zlín Z 143 remains in production.After successful production of the Z-26 aircraft family, the Czechoslovak aircraft manufacturer Moravan, began design of a new series of training aircraft, known as the Z-40 family. Unlike the previous tandem-seat aircraft the Z-40 family featured a side by side cockpit. It was available in two basic variants, a two seat trainer, the Zlín Z-42, and a four seat aircraft, the Zlin Z-43 capable of being used both as a trainer and a tourer.