• Source: UTVA Aero 3

The 3/info/utva" target="_blank">UTVA 3/info/aero" target="_blank">Aero 3 was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft built in Yugoslavia to replace the Ikarus 3/info/aero" target="_blank">Aero 2 then in service. One hundred ten were built, in Yugoslav Air Force service from 1958 to mid-1970s. It was superseded by the 3/info/utva" target="_blank">UTVA 75.




Design and development


First flown in 1956, the 3/info/aero" target="_blank">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.
The 3/info/aero" target="_blank">Aero 3 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane that seated the student and instructor in tandem under a bubble canopy. Of all wood construction, it had a fixed, tailwheel landing gear and was powered by a nose-mounted 190 hp (142 kW) Lycoming O-435-A piston engine.




Former military operators


Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Air Force
Aviation Technical Group of Aviation Training School (1958–1960)
Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 3rd Air Command (1959-1961)
Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command (1959-1961)
Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 7th Air Command (1959-1961)
463rd Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961-1965)
464th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961-1965)
465th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961-1965)
Letalski center Maribor (Civil operator 1961-2011)




Aircraft on display


Serbia
Museum of Aviation (Belgrade) in Belgrade
A 3/info/utva" target="_blank">UTVA 3/info/aero" target="_blank">Aero 3 prototype and 3/info/utva" target="_blank">UTVa 3/info/aero" target="_blank">Aero 3 are on display
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Specifications


Data from General characteristics
Crew: 2 a teacher and student
Capacity: 2
Length: 8.58 m (28 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 18.9 m2 (203 sq ft)
Gross weight: 1,198 kg (2,646 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-435-A piston engine , 142 kW (190 hp)
Performance

Maximum speed: 230 km/h (143 mph, 124 kn)
Cruise speed: 180 km/h (112 mph, 97 kn)
Range: 680 km (422 mi, 367 nmi)
Service ceiling: 4,300 m (14,100 ft)




See also



Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

de Havilland Chipmunk
Zlin Z-226
PZL M-2




References






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External links



Photos and drawings at Ugolok Neba

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• UTVA Aero 3
• Utva Aviation Industry
• UTVA 75
• List of aircraft (U)
• Estrella Warbird Museum
• Fantasy of Flight
• Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
• Lycoming O-435
• 464th Light Combat Aviation Squadron
• LIBIS 180