2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Soko J-20 Kraguj: Mulag· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BAM-49-Soko J-20 Kraguj: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Soko J-20 Kraguj (from Serbian: крагуј, lit. 'sparrowhawk') is a light military, single-engine, low-wing single-seat aircraft with a metal airframe, capable of performing close air support, counterinsurgency (COIN), and reconnaissance missions, that was designed by VTI and manufactured by SOKO of Yugoslavia, first flown in 1962.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.6 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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.6 m: about 2 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
- 1962-11-21
- introduced
- 1964
- retired
- 1989
- status
- retired
- number built
- 85
- role
- coin aircraft
- makers
- SOKO
- engines
- 1× Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 10.6 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,624 kg
- top speed
- 295 km/h
- cruise speed
- 280 km/h
- range
- 800 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q976853, Wikipedia: Soko J-20 Kraguj (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.