UTVA-66 Short takeoff and landing aircraft

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Manufacturer: UTVA
Country: Yugoslavia
First flight: 1968
Type: Short takeoff  and landing aircraft (STOL)

Abbreviation FYROM - the Former Yugoslav Republic of Makedonia


 The only UTVA-66 of the Air Force FYROM, at the static exhibition Air Show Bitola 2011, the plane is probably out of order. A light multipurpose three-seater aircraft with piston engine, Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6 (J6) takeoff power 340 h.p., developed on the basis of the UTVA-60 at the end of the 60s by the Yugoslav company UTVA (Fabrica Aviona Utva). The first flight took place in 1968. A total of 130 units were produced and has been exported to countries such as to France, Ireland, Canada, the USA and the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Aircraft modifications: UTVA-66-AM ambulance, UTVA-66H float seaplane and UTVA-66 (V-52) military modification based on UTVA-66A. 

The aircraft with registration number Z3-DCB, sn 51101, took part in the hostilities of the Albanian uprising in Tetov in 2001, static exhibition, Monastery airfield 2011. 

UTVA-66 Tail unit, horizontal stabilizer, clearly visible the holes received during the 2001 hostilities, static exhibition, Monastery airfield 2011. 

Powerplant Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6 (J6) takeoff power 340 hp. with three-blade propeller Hartzell HC-B3Z20-1 / 10151C-5, static exhibition, Monastery airfield 2011. 

Three-view drawing

Technical specifications

Photos UTVA-66