Avioane IAR 93 Vultur (Orao) is a light ground-attack aircraft developed as a joint Yugoslav-Romanian project in the 1970s for the air forces of both nations. The Romanian aircraft was built by IRAv Craiova (today Aerostar SA), and its Yugoslav counterpart by Soko as the Soko J-22 Orao. For Romania, the IAR 93 was intended to replace MiG-15s and MiG-17s in the fighter-bomber role. The last IAR-93s were withdrawn and mothballed from the Romanian Air Force in 1998. SOKO (English falcon) is a Yugoslav aircraft factory situated in Mostar, now in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Soko J-22 Orao (Eagle) is a light ground-attack aircraft developed as a joint Yugoslav-Romanian project in the 1970s for the air forces of both nations. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. History Design began under the bureau designation I-310, which first flew in 1947. ... MiG-17 at the Central Texas Airshow, USA, May 2003. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1998: Events Cirrus Aircraft successfully flight-tests the CAPS ballistic emergency aircraft parachute. ...

IAR 93B Two seater

Development

On May 20 1971, Romania and Yugoslavia signed the governmental agreements for the YuRom programme. The program managers were Dipl. Dr. Engineer Teodor Zanfirescu for the Romanian party and Colonel Vidoje Knezevic for the Yugoslav party. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1971: Events January January 6 - the US Marine Corps takes delivery of its first AV-8 Harriers January 22 - a US Navy P-3 Orion sets a distance record of 7,010 miles (11,282 km) for an aircraft in its...

The aircraft was of conventional high-wing monoplane configuration with all flying surfaces swept. The Rolls-Royce Viper was chosen as the powerplant, as Soko had experience with licence-building this engine. The Romanian prototype White 001 made its first flight whitch lasted 21 minutes on October 31 1974. The aircraft was flown by Colonel Gheorge Stanica. On July 18 1975 the aicraft was demonstrated to Nicolae Ceausescu on the Bacau airfield. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1974: Events July July 22 - the US Navy and Marine Corps evacuate 500 people from Greece and Turkey on the island September September 1 - a SR-71 Blackbird crosses the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1975: Events January A specially modified McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle sets eight time to climb records, including one of 3 minutes 27 seconds from standstill on the runway to a height of 30,000 metres (98,425 feet). ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Bacău is the name of a city and county (Bacău county) in Romania. ...

The first batches of pre-production machines were delivered in 1978. It was originally intended that an afterburner would be developed for the Viper engines, but there were prolonged difficulties with this project, meaning that none of the pre-production aircraft featured it, and neither did early production examples. During the 1980s, both countries developed slightly different versions to take advantage of the afterburning engines that had since become available. Some IAR-93s are configured for the low level air defense role with a twinrail on each underwing hardpoint making posible the loading of up to eight AA-8 Aphid / R60 AAM. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1978: Events January January 1 - British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley, and Scottish Aviation are absorbed into British Aerospace April April 1 - The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team officially becomes the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron. ...

IAR 93 - pair

IAR 93 - prototype

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Variants

• IAR-93A - initial production version without afterburners. 36 built, including 10 two-seat trainers
• IAR-93B - refined version with afterburners and revised wing, including adding leading-edge extensions and removing fences

Specifications (IAR 93B)

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 14.90 m (48 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 9.30 m (30 ft 6 in)
• Height: 4.59 m (15 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 26.0 m² (280 ft²)
• Empty: 5,750 kg (12,650 lb)
• Loaded: kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: 10,900 kg (23,980 lb)
• Powerplant: 2x Turbomeccanica/Orao-built Rolls-Royce Viper Mk 632-47, 44 kN (10,000 lbf) afterburning thrust each.

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,089 km/h (680 mph)
• Range: 1,320 km (825 miles)
• Service ceiling: 13,600 m (44,608 ft)
• Rate of climb: 3,900 m/min (12,792 ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Thrust-to-weight:

Armament

• 2 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon
• up to 2,800 kg (6,173 lb) of stores, including
  • BM 500 bomb
  • BEM 250 bomb
  • BE 100 bomb
  • LPR 122 rocket launcher
  • LPR 57 rocket launcher
  • BL-755 cluster bombs
  • AA-8 Aphid / R60 AAM

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