UTVA Aero 3
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 Aero 3 prototype at Zagreb technical museum |
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| Type | Military trainer |
| National origin | Yugoslavia |
| Manufacturer | Utva |
| Maiden flight | August 1956 |
| Introduced | 1958 |
| Primary user | Yugoslavia |
| Number built | 110 |
The UTVA Aero 3 was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft built in Yugoslavia to replace the Ikarus Aero 2 then in service. 110 were built, in Yugoslav Air Force service from 1958 to mid-1970s[1]. It was superseded by the UTVA 75.
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[edit] Description
The Aero 3 was a low wing design that seated the student and instructor in tandem under a bubble canopy to enclose them. It had fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. Construction was all wooden.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (Aero 3)
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, student and instructor
- Length: 8.58 m (28 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 10.50 m (30 ft 5 in)
- Height: 2.69 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 18.9 m² (203 ft²)
- Empty weight: 679 kg (1,494 lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,198 kg (2,636 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Lycoming O-435-A, 142 kW (190 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 230 km/h (144 mph)
- Range: 745 km (466 miles)
- Service ceiling 6,800 m (22,304 ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
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Comparable aircraft
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