what is it?
The Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H (Serbian: Рогожарски СИМ-XIV-Х) was a 1930s Yugoslav coastal reconnaissance floatplane and light bomber, twin-engine, with three crew members. It was designed and built at the Rogožarski factory in Belgrade. The type saw action during the Invasion of Yugoslavia and in the North African campaign.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 15.2 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.2 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
- 1938-02-08
- introduced
- 1939
- retired
- 1942
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 21
- role
- reconnaissance floatplane
- origin
- Yugoslavia
- makers
- Rogožarski
- engines
- 2× Argus As-10c (Argus As-10e)
- crew
- 3
- length
- 11.2 m
- wingspan
- 15.2 m
- height
- 4.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,350 kg
- top speed
- 208 km/h
- range
- 840 km
- ceiling
- 4,340 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4862264, Wikipedia: Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.