IAR-821

what is it?

The IAR-821 was an agricultural aircraft built in Romania in the 1960s. It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 212 km/htop speed
• size 1,900 kgmax take-off weight
• built 20made 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1967

introduced

1968

number built

20

role

agricultural aircraft

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

makers

Romaero

engines

1× Ivchenko AI-14RF

length

9.2 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,900 kg

top speed

212 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,200 m

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