Utva Aviation Industry

Utva Aviation Industry (commonly known as UTVA) is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located in Pančevo, Serbia.

History

Utva was founded on 5 June 1937 in Zemun and produced simple gliders. In 1939 Utva began manufacturing light piston engine aircraft. During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the factory was bombed several times and severely damaged. Utva in Serbian is the ruddy shelduck.

Lasta 95

The Lasta 95 (Sparrow 95) series is a profile designed as a primary training aircraft. The Iraqi Air Force is the first operator of the Lasta 95 ordering 20 aircraft with another 16 optional, in 2010. The Serbian Air Force has ordered 15 Lasta 95s.

Kobac

The Kobac ("Sparrow-Hawk" in Serbian) is a light military aircraft currently in development whose first flight will take place in 2013.

List of Utva aircraft

Utva-65

Utva-65

Utva-66H

Utva-66H

Utva-75

Utva-75

Lasta 95

Lasta 95

Kobac

Kobac

List of Utva UAV

Vrabac

Vrabac

Pegaz

UTVA-60

The UTVA-60 is a Yugoslavian light aircraft of the 1960s. First flying in 1959, it was built by UTVA for both the Yugoslavian armed forces and for civilian use.

Development and design

In 1959 the Yugoslav aircraft company UTVA designed and built a single-engined, high-winged light utility aircraft, the UTVA 56, with a prototype making the first flight on 22 April 1959. Testing was successful, but the aircraft was redesigned for production, with a more powerful Lycoming O-480 engine, and designated the UTVA-60.

The UTVA-60 is an all-metal, four-place, strut-braced high-wing monoplane. It is fitted with a fixed conventional undercarriage which uses cantilevered steel tube struts. Trailing-edge wing flaps are linked to the ailerons, drooping the ailerons when the flaps are lowered to reduce landing speed, while the agricultural version's wing was fitted with slots.

The UTVA-60 was used as the basis for the UTVA-65, a specialised agricultural aircraft, which used the wings, undercarriage and tail of the UTVA-60, but with a low-mounted wing. The UTVA-60 was replaced in production by the UTVA-66, a further improved version.

Government Factories Type 213 Vihor

The Government Factories Type 213 Vihor was a late 1940s Yugoslavian two-seat advanced trainer.

Design and development

Designed and built by the Yugoslav state factory, the Type 213 was first flown in 1949, a cantilever low-wing monoplane powered by a 520 hp (388 kW) Ranger SVG-770-CB1 engine. The prototype had a conventional landing gear which retracted forward, the second prototype and production aircraft had a wider track main gear that retracted inwards. It had an enclosed cockpit for the instructor and student in tandem under a long glazed canopy. For training the Vihor had two forward-facing machine guns and could carry up to 100 kg of bombs. In 1957 an improved radial engined variant entered service as the Type 522.

Survivors

One aircraft is on display at the Museum of Yugoslav Aviation, Belgrade, Serbia.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57

General characteristics