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what is it?
The IAR-818 was a Romanian multipurpose aircraft based on the IAR-817. It was developed by IAR in both landplane and floatplane forms.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.1 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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Wingspan of 12.1 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
- 1960
- number built
- —
- role
- multipurpose aircraft
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- makers
- Industria Aeronautică Română
- engines
- 1× Avia M-337
- crew
- 1
- length
- 9.9 m
- wingspan
- 12.1 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,300 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- cruise speed
- 165 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- ceiling
- 4,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q50134523, Wikipedia: IAR-818 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.