IAR 823

what is it?

The IAR-823 is a civil and military trainer aircraft built in Romania from 1974 until 1983. It is a conventional low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage. The pilot and instructor sit side-by-side, and two more seats can be fitted behind them.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 310 km/htop speed
• range 1,800 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 78made in total

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 52 years ago, in 1974.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,800 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1974-06-10

introduced

1974

number built

78

role

civil and military trainer

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

makers

Industria Aeronautică Română

engines

1× Lycoming IO-540-G1D5

passengers

3

length

8.2 m

wingspan

10 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

1,500 kg

top speed

310 km/h

cruise speed

290 km/h

range

1,800 km

ceiling

5,600 m

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