Ikarus Aero 2

what is it?

The Ikarus Aero 2 was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft built in Yugoslavia in the years following World War II, although the design pre-dated the war.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 208 km/htop speed
• range 680 kmwithout refuelling
• size 996 kgmax take-off weight
• built 248made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1940

introduced

1948

retired

1959

status

retired

number built

248

role

primary trainer

origin

Yugoslavia

makers

Ikarbus

engines

1× de Havilland Gipsy Major

crew

1

length

8.5 m

wingspan

10.5 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

996 kg

top speed

208 km/h

range

680 km

ceiling

4,500 m

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