The Ikarus Aero 2 was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft built in Yugoslavia in the years following World War II, although the design pre-dated the war. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... Ikarbus Ik-201 used in Novi Sad, Serbia. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... The Yugoslav Air Force may refer to: Yugoslav Royal Air Force, active from 1918 to 1941. ... A trainer is a training aircraft used to develop piloting, navigational or weapon-aiming skills in flight crew. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Development

It was designed in response to a Yugoslav Air Force requirement for a modern, monoplane trainer to replace the Fizir FN biplanes then in service. The powerplant was to be the de Havilland Gipsy Major because of its successful use in similar trainer aircraft built in other countries. The Yugoslav Air Force may refer to: Yugoslav Royal Air Force, active from 1918 to 1941. ... The de Havilland Gipsy Major was a 4-cylinder, air-cooled, inline engine used in a variety of light aircraft in the 1930s including the famous Tiger Moth biplane. ...

Ikarus' entry, designed by Boris Cijan and Djordje Petkovic was selected over its two competitors in trials held between June and November 1940, but production did not take place until the Air Force began to rebuild itself after the war. 248 were eventually built, serving from 1948 to 1959. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940: Events March March 16 - Britain suffers its first civilian air-raid casualties of the war after a raid by KG 26 on Scapa Flow March 25 - the US government grants permission to the countrys aircraft manufacturers to sell advanced... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1948: Events January January 17 - BOAC begins to replace flying boat routes with the Lockheed Constellation March the Israeli Air Force is formed, with the new state of Israel March 10 - VF-5 becomes the first US Navy carrier squadron to... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1959: // Events Unknown The Canadian Golden Hawks aerobatic team is formed. ...

Description

The Aero 2 was a low wing design that seated the student and instructor in tandem, open cockpits (although later versions added a canopy to enclose them). Undercarriage was fixed and used a tailskid.

Variants

• Aero 2B : Open cockpit version.
• Aero 2BE : Enclosed cockpit version.
• Aero 2C : Open cockpit version.
• Aero 2D : Enclosed cockpit version.
• Aero 2E : Enclosed cockpt version.
• Aero 2F : Open cockpit version.
• Aero 2H : Two-seat floatplane version.

Operators

• Yugoslavia.
  • SFR Yugoslav Air Force

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Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: two, student and instructor
• Length: 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 10.50 m (30 ft 5 in)
• Height: 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 17.4 m² (187 ft²)
• Empty: 564 kg (1,241 lb)
• Loaded: kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: 978 kg (2,152 lb)
• Powerplant: 1x de Havilland Gipsy Major 10, 108 kW (145 hp)

The de Havilland Gipsy Major was a 4-cylinder, air-cooled, inline engine used in a variety of light aircraft in the 1930s including the famous Tiger Moth biplane. ...

Performance

• Maximum speed: 224 km/h (140 mph)
• Range: 745 km (466 miles)
• Service ceiling: 4,930 m (16,170 ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

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