UTVA Aero 3

Infobox Aircraft
name=Aero 3


caption=Aero 3 prototype at Zagreb technical museum
type=Military trainer
national origin=Yugoslavia
manufacturer=Utva
designer=
first flight=August avyear|1956
introduced=avyear|1958
retired=
status=
primary user=Yugoslavia
more users=
produced=
number built=110
variants with their own articles= 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 [ [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other/aero3.html Ugolok Neba] ] . It was superseded by the UTVA 75.

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.

Operators

*.
** SFR Yugoslav Air Force

pecifications (Aero 3)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=Two, student and instructor
length main=8.58 m
length alt=28 ft 2 in
span main=10.50 m
span alt=30 ft 5 in
height main=2.69 m
height alt=8 ft 10 in
area main=18.9 m²
area alt=203 ft²
empty weight main=679 kg
empty weight alt=1,494 lb
loaded weight main=kg
loaded weight alt= lb
max takeoff weight main=1,198 kg
max takeoff weight alt=2,636 lb
engine (prop)=Lycoming O-435-A
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main=142 kW
power alt=190 hp

max speed main=230 km/h
max speed alt=144 mph
range main=745 km
range alt=466 miles
ceiling main=6,800 m
ceiling alt=22,304 ft
climb rate main=m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main=kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
power/mass main=W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb

ee also

aircontent
related=

similar aircraft=
* de Havilland Chipmunk - Zlin Z-226 - PZL M-2

sequence=
* Aero 2 – Aero 3

lists=

see also=

References

External links

* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other/aero3.html Photos and drawings at Ugolok Neba]