Soko G-4 Super Galeb

what is it?

The Soko G-4 Super Galeb (from Serbian: галеб, lit. 'seagull'), also referred to as N-62, is a Yugoslav single-engine, advanced jet trainer and light ground-attack aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Technical Institute at Žarkovo and manufactured by the SOKO aircraft factory in Mostar. The Super Galeb was developed during the 1970s as a successor to, and replacement of, the Soko G-2 Galeb then in service with the Yugoslav Air Force (Serbian: Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana – RV i PVO; Croatian: Ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – RZ i PZO). On 17 July 1978, the maiden flight was performed by a development aircraft, designated G-4 PPP; during 1983, the first G-4 made its first flight.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 910 km/htop speed
• range 1,900 kmwithout refuelling
• size 6,330 kgmax take-off weight
• built 90made 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 48 years ago, in 1978.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,900 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️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

1978-07-17

introduced

1983

status

still flying

number built

90

role

military trainer aircraft

origin

Yugoslavia

makers

SOKO

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Viper 632-46

crew

2

length

12.3 m

wingspan

9.9 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

6,330 kg

top speed

910 km/h

cruise speed

550 km/h

range

1,900 km

ceiling

12,850 m

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