IAR -93 Vultur

what is it?

The Avioane Craiova IAR-93 Vultur (vulture/eagle) is a twinjet, subsonic, close support, ground attack and tactical reconnaissance aircraft with secondary capability as low level interceptor. Built as single-seat main attack version or combat capable two-seat version for advanced flying and weapon training, it was developed in 1970s by Romania and Yugoslavia to become more independent from Soviet equipment. The Romanian aircraft were built by I.R.Av.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 9.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,086 km/htop speed
• size 10.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 87made 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 8.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.3 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1974-10-31

introduced

1975

retired

1998

status

retired

number built

87

role

ground attack aircraft, low level interceptor

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

makers

Industria Aeronautică Română

engines

2× Turbomecanica/Orao-built Rolls-Royce Viper Mk 633-47

crew

1

length

14.9 m

wingspan

9.3 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

10.9 t

top speed

1,086 km/h

cruise speed

1,087 km/h

range

—

ceiling

13,600 m

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