IAR 93 Vultur

The IAR 93 Vultur (Eagle) is a single seat, twin engine, subsonic close support, ground attack and tactical reconnaissance aircraft. The program started in 1970 under original project name YUROM as a joint-venture between the Romanian INCAS institute and Yugoslavian VTJ engineers to meet requirements of both air forces.The two single-seat prototypes made simultaneous first flights on October 31 1974.The Yugoslavian aircraft was named SOKO/VTJ-J-ORAO.
There are many estimates as to how many IAR 93s were produced with figures ranging from 80 to 150.


The Romanian Air Force RoAF had a few large squadrons of IAR-93 comprising around 35 aircraft each.The plane was never a success, or at least the Romanian version.Although the same, the Yugoslavian ORAO ended to be perhaps better than the IAR-93 simply because they used all their resources well, as opposed to using simple factory workers to make the fuselage and other parts of the aircraft as it was the case in Romania.

The Iar-93 was developed in two stages: the IAR-93 A was the first variant equipped with the Rolls-Royce Viper Mk 632-41 turbojets.These engines had a thrust of 17,79 KN (4000 pounds of thrust) too small for such an aircraft.Due to lack of support from the russians, Romania turned to Great Britain for help.At the time the policy towards eastern countries was not to sell engines with a thrust greater than 4000 lb st and this is why the Viper was adopted for the IAR-93.This engine uses a lot of fuel, a lot of oil, has no pollution controlling capabilities, makes a lot of noise and is notoriously unreliable and under-powered and it's one of the reasons for the crashes of both IAR-93 and the ORAO.

The IAR-93 B was equipped with the Viper Mk 633-47 turbojets.These engines had a thrust of 17,79 kN (4000 lb st) but offered the advantage of having an afterburner installation offering 22,24 kN (5000 lb st) which was still less than needed.
Today the IAR-93 is no longer in service with the Romanian Air Force many of them finding rest near home, at Craiova Airport.Most of them have less than 5 hours of total flight time

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[vioniribu]

@dreacul da, dar poate sa fie modificat, stim ca romanii sunt buni la modificat cel mai bun exemplu fiind mig 21:)

[dreacul]

@vioniribu ala nu e un avion destinat unei linii de productii militare. Ala va fi folosit (sau poate a fost deja folosit) in cadrul unui concurs international in care se incearca sa se trimita o drona pe Luna si sa emita de acolo,I.A.R 111 are misiunea de a zbura pana in stratosfera si sa lanseze acel satelit spre luna.

Oricum, arata destul de futurist.

[stanciucatalin1]

@shadowq2 amice vezi ca faci o imensa greseala atunci cand compari SUA cu Romania...sua= superputere, romania=o tara medie din estul europei...ar trebui sa vezi cam ce avioane folosea marea britanie,franta,germania...atu­nci cand sa creat prima data iar93 in romania...si ar mai trebui sa vazi daca mai erau multe tari de dimensiunea Romaniei care sa fie independenta din punct de vedere al tehnologiei militare...adica sa isi creeze singura avioane,tancuri,arme...etc...

[shadowq2]

@02ViruSs ba copile ai trait tu in comunism sa iti permiti sa comentezi? Stii ca seara aveai 3 ore de curent si la tv doar 1 canal (tvr) cu propaganda pro-ceausescu 100% din timp? Stii cum se statea la cozi pentru o jumate de paine pe cartela? Ar fi multe de spus dar ma rezum la atat. Nu mai comenta ca nu stii despre ce vorbesti. Ceausescu a facut mult si prost, vezi cazul de fata, poti compara IAR93 vs F-16 pe care zburau americanii inca din 1974?

[kutseena]

actually it looks like a jaguar and a tornado did the nasty and this is the result. Very cool looking jet.

[vioniribu]

ma intreb cum o arata noul avion iar 1-1...

[MrROTD]

I never knew this existed, looks pretty decent to me, a lot like a tornado without swing wings

[Elfokko]

Well designed low level bomber. very similar to panavia tornado. just with out sweeping wings.

[SuyantoNg80]

@Valy18 er...yeah i aware that, it's to lightweight to be a fighter. By the way it's beautiful aircraft.