- Lola Utva
Infobox Company
company_name = Utva
company_
Type_Private = Aerospace Defense manufacturer
foundation =1937 as "Utva" | location =Pančevo ,Serbia Utva (English "wild duck") is an
aircraft factory (Serbian "fabrika aviona") located inPančevo , nearBelgrade ,Serbia (ex-Yugoslavia), first founded in1937 inZemun , known of its light sporting and training aircraft. The whole number of produced aircraft is over 900. Previously, the company was named "Utva", but in1996 factory immersed with a "Lola" factory from Železnik. In 2005 companiy owenership was re-egzamined and the company changed its name to Utva Aircraft Industry and it is today known.During the
NATO air strikes againstFederal Republic of Yugoslavia in1999 the factory was severely damaged.Current projects
Utva G-4M Super Galeb
The G-4M Super Galeb is currently in testing phase at the
Batajnica Air Force base in theSerbian Air Force . It is essentially a newer, heavily armed, advanced version of theG-4 Super Galeb . If all goes well, the G-4M might go in to production with the help of a foreign company in the near future, therefore bringing the whole legacy of theG-4 Super Galeb back into the present-dayfighter jet market . The G-4M was at first, partially designed by Lola Utva.Lasta 95
New primary training plane.
Serbian Air Force ordered 16 planes,Iraq ordered 20 planes so far.Utva 96
Currently, Utva is trying to replace the Utva 75, which is becoming an excessively aged model. The [http://www.airserbia.com/magazin/vuk/Utva96/index.htm Utva 96] will be the 75's successor. Currently the 96 is being developed as a prototype.
Types of produced planes
* 212
* 213 'Vihor' ('maelstrom')
* Aero 3
* Trojka
* 56
* 60
** 60-AT1
** 60-AT2
** 60-AG (agricultural versions)
** 60-AM (air ambulance)
** 60H (float plane)
** 60 V-51
* 65
** 65 'Privrednik' ('Agriculturist')
** 65 'Privrednik'-IO
** 65 'SuperPrivrednik'-350
* 66
** 66-AM (air ambulance)
** 66H
** 66V
** 66 Super STOL
* 75
** 75A21
** 75A41
** 75AG11
** 75 V-53
* Lasta
**Lasta 95 [ [http://www.politika.co.yu/rubrike/Ekonomija/t53749.lt.html] [http://www.politika.co.yu:8080/uploads/rubrike/10712/i/1/lastaslike-Slaba-sl.jpg] [http://www.mycity.co.yu/slika.php?slika=18848_394456083_Lasta95p07.jpg] [http://www.mycity.co.yu/slika.php?slika=18848_394456083_Lasta95p071.jpg] ]
* Utva 96
* Mini UAV Raven
* Medium UAVReferences
External links
* http://www.utvaaviation.co.yu/
* [http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/yugo/yugo-aviation-industry.htm Yugoslavia The Aviation Industry]
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