IAR -15

what is it?

The IAR 15 was a low-wing monoplane fighter designed in Romania in 1933. Designed by Elie Carafoli for the Romanian Air Force, the IAR 15 was a lightly armed low-wing cantilever monoplane with a radial engine, fixed undercarriage and open cockpit.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 375 km/htop speed
• size 1,650 kgmax take-off weight
• built 5made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

spec sheet

first flight

1933

number built

5

role

single-seat fighter

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

makers

Industria Aeronautică Română

engines

1×

length

7.8 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,650 kg

top speed

375 km/h

range

—

ceiling

10,500 m

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