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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A-122 Uirapuru (8141396789): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Aerotec A-122 FAB-174, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Nov92 (50701559778): Peter Garwood· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Aerotec T-23 Uirapuru - panoramio: Marcio Sette· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Uirapuru T-23: MarcosBarreiro· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Aerotec A-122 Uirapuru was a Brazilian military trainer aircraft. It was a low-wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage that accommodated the pilot and instructor side-by-side. It first flew on 2 June 1965.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.5 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
- First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1965-06-02
- number built
- 155
- role
- primary trainer
- origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- makers
- Aerotec
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-320-B2B / O-320-B2B
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 8.5 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 840 kg
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- cruise speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- 800 km
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q381778, Wikipedia: Aerotec A-122 Uirapuru (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.