IAR 14

what is it?

The IAR 14 is a Romanian low-wing monoplane fighter-trainer aircraft designed before World War II.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 294 km/htop speed
• size 1,552 kgmax take-off weight

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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 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

1933-06

number built

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role

fighter-trainer aircraft

origin

Kingdom of Romania

makers

Industria Aeronautică Română

engines

1× IAR LD 450

crew

1

length

7.4 m

wingspan

11.7 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,552 kg

top speed

294 km/h

range

—

ceiling

7,900 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.