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- 1. Aero East Europe Sila 450C 9A-UZC: Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Aero East Europe Sila (English: force, power or strength and also short for Serbian industry light aircraft) is a family of Serbian ultralight and light aircraft, designed and produced by Aero East Europe of Kraljevo and later of Jagodina, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2013. The design is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
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- introduced
- 2013
- status
- in production
- number built
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- role
- ultralight aircraft and light aircraft
- origin
- Serbia
- makers
- Aero East Europe
- engines
- 1× Rotax 912ULS
- wingspan
- 9.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 473 kg
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- cruise speed
- 190 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28051321, Wikipedia: Aero East Europe Sila (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.