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Utva -65

first flew 1965· agricultural aircraft

Utva-65, photo 1 of 1
1/1 No machine-readable author provided. Marko M~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Utva-65 Privrednik (Merchant) is a Yugoslav civil aircraft designed and used for agricultural work.

How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 234 km/htop speed
  • range 620 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 1,890 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 69made 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
  • Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight
1965
status
retired
number built
69
role
agricultural aircraft
makers
Utva Aviation Industry
engines
1× Lycoming IGO-540-B1A six-cylinder horizontally-opposed
crew
1
length
8.5 m
wingspan
12.2 m
height
2.6 m
max take-off weight
1,890 kg
top speed
234 km/h
cruise speed
192 km/h
range
620 km

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1359789, Wikipedia: Utva-65 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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