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what is it?
The UTVA-60 is a Yugoslavian light aircraft of the 1960s. First flying in 1959, it was built by UTVA for both the Yugoslavian armed forces and for civilian use.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.4 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.4 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
- 1959
- introduced
- 1960
- number built
- —
- role
- light utility/training aircraft
- origin
- Yugoslavia
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-480-G1H6
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 8.2 m
- wingspan
- 11.4 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,620 kg
- top speed
- 252 km/h
- cruise speed
- 230 km/h
- range
- 780 km
- ceiling
- 5,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1747119, Wikipedia: UTVA-60 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.