UTVA Aero 3

Aero 3
Aero 3
Role Military trainer
National origin Yugoslavia
Manufacturer UTVA
First flight August 1956
Introduction 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the Ikarus Aero 2 then in service. 110 were built, in Yugoslav Air Force service from 1958 to mid-1970s.[1] It was superseded by the UTVA 75.

Design and development

First flown in 1956[2] the Aero 3 was designed to meet a Yugoslav Air Force requirement for a primary trainer that could also be used in the army co-operation role.[2]

The Aero 3 was a low wing cantilever monoplane that seated the student and instructor in tandem under a bubble canopy.[2] Of all wood construction it had a fixed, tailwheel landing gear and powered by a nose-mounted 190 hp (142 kW) Lycoming O-435-A piston engine.[2]

Former Military Operators

Aircraft On Display

Serbia

A UTVA Aero 3 prototype and UTVa Aero 3 are on display

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

Notes

  1. Ugolok Neba
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Orbis 1985, page 36

Bibliography

External links

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