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1950s Yugoslavian trainer/light attack aircraft
Soko 522
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Role
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Training and light attack aircraft
Type of aircraft
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Manufacturer
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SOKO
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Designer
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?ostari?, Marjanovi? and ?ur?i?
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First flight
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February 1955
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Introduction
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1955
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Retired
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1978
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Primary user
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Yugoslav Air Force
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Number built
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approx. 110
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The
Soko 522
was a two-seater Yugoslav military training and light attack aircraft produced in the 1950s by
SOKO
in
Yugoslavia
.
History
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The Soko 522 was designed by Yugoslav engineers ?ostari?, Marjanovi? and ?ur?i? at the
Ikarus Aircraft Factory
in
Zemun
. The first prototype flew in February 1955. After the initial success of the new aircraft, production was transferred to the Soko aircraft factory in
Mostar
. Production lasted until 1961 and totalled 110 units. The Soko 522 was used as the primary trainer aircraft for the Yugoslav air force until it was retired in 1978.
It gained some fame for its role in war movies filmed in Yugoslavia during the 1960s and 1970s, where it was used to portray the
Fw 190
German fighter. Some of its prominent movie roles were in the Yugoslav
Oscar
candidate
Battle of Neretva
and
Kelly's Heroes
, starring
Clint Eastwood
.
Operators
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-
Yugoslavia
Surviving aircraft
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- France
- Serbia
- 60132 ? Soko 522 on static display at the
Museum of Aviation
in
Belgrade
.
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- 60157 ? Soko 522 on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.
[2]
- 60204 ? Soko 522 on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Slovenia
- United States
Specifications (Soko 522)
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Data from
Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961?62
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General characteristics
- Crew:
2
- Length:
9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan:
11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Height:
3.58 m (11 ft 9 in)
- Gross weight:
1,089 kg (2,400 lb)
- Powerplant:
1 ×
Pratt & Whitney R-1340
-AN-1 Wasp air-cooled
radial engine
, 450 kW (600 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed:
351 km/h (218 mph, 190 kn)
- Range:
978 km (608 mi, 528 nmi)
- Service ceiling:
7,000 m (23,000 ft)
Armament
Avionics
radio AN-ARC-3, VKT 100-156 MHz range 45 km at 1000 ft, 200 km at 10,000 ft
radiocompass AN-ARN-6 100-1750 kHz or AD-722
See also
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Soko 522
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Notes
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Bibliography
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- Taylor, John W. R.
Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961?62
. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.
- Illustrated history of aviation ’’Modern Ikars“, IRO Vuk Karadzic&Sluzbeni list SFRJ, Belgrade, 1989.
ISBN
86-307-0088-2
- Yugoslavian Air Force and Air Defence, group of authors, VINC, Belgrade, 1989.
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