UTVA-60

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UTVA-60
RoleLight utility/training aircraft
National origin Yugoslavia
Manufacturer UTVA
First flight 22 April 1959 (UTVA-56)
Introduction1960
Variants UTVA 65
UTVA 66

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.

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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. [1] Testing was successful, [2] but the aircraft was redesigned for production, with a more powerful Lycoming O-480 engine, and designated the UTVA-60. [1]

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, [3] while the agricultural version's wing was fitted with slots. [1]

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. [4]

Operational history

As well as civil use, the UTVA-60 was used by the Yugoslav Air Force, who received about 35, using them until 1982, [5] while Cambodia received four aircraft. [6] [7]

Variants

UTVA-56
Prototype, powered by a 194 kW (260 hp) Lycoming GO-435 engine. [1] [3]
UTVA-60-AT1
Basic four seat utility version. [1]
UTVA-60-AT2
Dual control version. [1]
UTVA-60-AG
Agricultural version. [1]
UTVA-60-AM
Ambulance version. [1]
UTVA-60H
Floatplane, powered by a 221 kW (296 kW) Lycoming GO-480-G1H6 engine. [1]

Operators

Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic
Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg  Republika Srpska
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia

Specifications (UTVA-60-AT1)

Data from [8]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Taylor 1965, p.344.
  2. "UTVA 56 / 60 Aircraft history performance and specifications". Pilotfriend . Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. 1 2 Flight 25 September 1959, p.305.
  4. Donald 1997, p.887.
  5. Hayles, John. "Yugoslavia Air Force: Aircraft Types". Aeroflight Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine . 1 July 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  6. Forsgren, Jan. "Aviation Royale Khmere/Khmer Air Force Aircraft". Aeroflight Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine . 22 April 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  7. Grandolini 1988, p. 43.
  8. Taylor 1965, pp. 344–345.

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