PZL TS-11 Iskra – Fotos & Vídeo

Galeria de fotos de um PZL TS-11 Iskra, The PZL TS-11 Iskra (English: Spark) is a Polish jet trainer aircraft, used by the air forces of Poland and India. It is notable as the main training aircraft of the Polish Air Force, and as the oldest jet aircraft still in service in Poland.

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The PZL TS-11 Iskra is a Polish jet trainer aircraft that was designed and produced by the PZL Mielec company. It is the first Polish-designed jet aircraft to enter service and the only one to be mass-produced. The TS-11 Iskra has been used by the Polish Air Force since 1964 as a basic and advanced trainer, as well as a light attack and reconnaissance aircraft. It has also been exported to India, Bangladesh and Nigeria.
The TS-11 Iskra is a low-wing monoplane with a tricycle landing gear and a single turbojet engine mounted in the rear fuselage. It has a tandem cockpit with ejection seats for the instructor and the student pilot. The aircraft is equipped with a basic avionics suite, including a radio, a transponder, an artificial horizon, an altimeter, an airspeed indicator and a turn-and-bank indicator. The TS-11 Iskra can carry up to 300 kg of external stores on four hardpoints under the wings, such as bombs, rockets, gun pods or fuel tanks.
The TS-11 Iskra has a maximum speed of 720 km/h at sea level and 800 km/h at 5,000 m. It has a service ceiling of 11,000 m and a range of 1,000 km with internal fuel or 1,500 km with external tanks. The TS-11 Iskra has a length of 11.15 m, a wingspan of 10.06 m and a height of 3.50 m. It has an empty weight of 2,280 kg and a maximum takeoff weight of 3,800 kg. The TS-11 Iskra is powered by a SO-1 turbojet engine that produces 9.8 kN of thrust.