Aero 3
Aero 3 prototype at Zagreb technical museum
Role	Military trainer
National origin	Yugoslavia
Manufacturer	Utva
First 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 It was superseded by the UTVA 75.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operators 3 Specifications 4 See also 5 References 5.1 Notes 5.2 Bibliography 6 External links

[edit] 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 190hp (142kW) Lycoming O-435-A piston engine.^[2]

[edit] Operators

•  Yugoslavia.
  • SFR Yugoslav Air Force

[edit] Specifications

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1
• 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 ft²)
• Gross weight: 2646 kg (1198 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-435-A pistson engine, 142 kW (190 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 230 km/h (143 mph)
• Cruising speed: 180 km/h (112 mph)
• Range: 680 km (422 miles)
• Service ceiling: 4300 m (14,100 ft)

[edit] See also

Comparable aircraft

• de Havilland Chipmunk
• Zlin Z-226
• PZL M-2
  

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] External links

• Photos and drawings at Ugolok Neba

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