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.
Development and design In 1959 the Yugoslav aircraft company UTVA designed and built a single-engined, high-winged light utility aircraft, the UTVA 56, with a prototype making the first flight on 22 April 1959. Testing was successful,"UTVA 56 / 60 Aircraft history performance and specifications". Pilotfriend. Retrieved 21 December 2009. but the aircraft was redesigned for production, with a more powerful Lycoming O-480 engine, and designated the UTVA-60.
The UTVA-60 is an all-metal, four-place, strut-braced high-wing monoplane. It is fitted with a fixed conventional undercarriage which uses cantilevered steel tube struts. Trailing-edge wing flaps are linked to the ailerons, drooping the ailerons when the flaps are lowered to reduce landing speed, while the agricultural version's wing was fitted with slots.
The UTVA-60 was used as the basis for the UTVA-65, a specialised agricultural aircraft, which used the wings, undercarriage and tail of the UTVA-60, but with a low-mounted wing. The UTVA-60 was replaced in production by the UTVA-66, a further improved version.Donald 1997, p.887.
Operational history As well as civil use, the UTVA-60 was used by the Yugoslav Air Force, who received about 35, using them until 1982,Hayles, John. "Yugoslavia Air Force: Aircraft Types". Aeroflight . 1 July 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2009. while Cambodia received four aircraft.Forsgren, Jan. "Aviation Royale Khmere/Khmer Air Force Aircraft". Aeroflight . 22 April 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2009.Grandolini 1988, p. 43.
Variants UTVA-56 Prototype, powered by a 194 kW (260 hp) Lycoming GO-435 engine.Taylor 1965, p.344.Flight 25 September 1959, p.305. UTVA-60-AT1 Basic four seat utility version. UTVA-60-AT2 Dual control version. UTVA-60-AG Agricultural version. UTVA-60-AM Ambulance version. UTVA-60H Floatplane, powered by a 221 kW (296 kW) Lycoming GO-480-G1H6 engine.
Operators
Royal Cambodian Air Force
Croatian Air Force
Khmer Air Force
Republika Srpska Air Force 92nd Light Multi role Aircraft Squadron
Yugoslav Air Force 122nd Hydroplane Liaison Squadron (1964–1968) Letalski center Maribor (civil operator) YU-CBA, accident 20.06.1982
Specifications (UTVA-60-AT1)
See also
Notes
References
Donald, David (ed.) The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK: Blitz Editions, 1997. . Grandolini, Albert. "L'Aviation Royale Khmere: The first 15 years of Cambodian military aviation". Air Enthusiast, Thirty-seven, September–December 1988. Bromley, UK:Fine Scroll. . pp. 39–47 . Sport and Business Flight, 25 September 1959, p. 305. Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965. Mondey, David, Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft, Crescent Books, New York NY (1981), p. 241
External links
UTVA-60 (in Russian)