| Manufacturer |
Avioane Craiova |
Construcciones Aeronauticas |
| Description |
The Avioane Craiova IAR-93 Vultur (vulture/eagle) is a twinjet, subsonic, close support, ground attack and tactical reconnaissance aircraft with secondary capability as low level interceptor. |
The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. |
| First Flight |
1974-10-31 |
1959-07-30 |
| Entry Into service |
1975-01-01 |
1964-01-01 |
| Production End |
1992-01-01 |
1987-01-01 |
| Service End |
1998-04-09 |
|
| Designer |
Avioane Craiova |
Construcciones Aeronauticas |
| Type |
Ground attack aircraft, Low level interceptor |
|
| Length (m) |
14.9 |
14.6304 |
| Height (m) |
4.52 |
3.9624 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
1086 |
|
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
1087 |
|
| Min Speed (km/h) |
274 |
229.6478 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
13600 |
15788.64 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
65 |
175.26 |
| Armament |
2 × 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannons in lower front fuselage, below engine air intakes, with 200 rounds per gun; gun camera and GEC-Marconi D282 gyro gunsight installed. An additional centerline 23 mm GSh-23L cannon pod could be mounted; ; BE-50 general-purpose bomb; BE-100/BEF-100 ; BM-250/BEM-250; BA-500/BE-500/BM-500; ; LPR 2-122 launcher for PRND-122 rockets; LPR 57-16 (UB-16)/LPR 5… |
2× 20 mm (0.787 in) M39A2 Revolver cannon in the nose, 280 rounds/gun; 7 total (only pylon stations 3, 4 and 5 are wet-plumbed): 2× wing-tip AAM launch rails, 4× under-wing & 1× under-fuselage pylon stations |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
0.9 |
|
| National Origin |
Romania |
United States of America |
| Number Built |
87 |
1204 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Turbomecanica/Orao-built Rolls-Royce Viper Mk 633-47 afterburning turbojet engines, 17.79 kN thrust each |
2 × General Electric J85-GE-21 afterburning turbojet engines |
| Primary Users |
Romanian Air Force |
United States Navy, Republic of China Air Force (historical), Republic of Korea Air Force, Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
| Status |
|
In service |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR-93_Vultur |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
9.3 |
7.9248 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
26 |
17.28 |
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
3.33 |
3.86 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |