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Soko 522 - Wikipedia

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Soko 522

General information
Type	Training and light attack aircraft
Manufacturer	SOKO
Designer	Šostarić, Marjanović and Čurčić
Primary user	Yugoslav Air Force
Number built	approx. 110
History
Introduction date	1955
First flight	February 1955
Retired	1978

The Soko 522 was a two-seater Yugoslav military training and light attack aircraft produced in the 1950s by SOKO in Yugoslavia.

History

The Soko 522 was designed by Yugoslav engineers Šostarić, Marjanović and Čurčić 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

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Air Force
- 460th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961–1967)
- 461st Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961–1968, 1973–1977)
- 462nd Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961–1968, 1973–1977)
- 463rd Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961–1966)
- 464th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961–1966)
- 465th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961–1966)

Surviving aircraft

A preserved Soko 522 exhibited at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.

France

60168 – Soko 522 airworthy.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

Serbia

60132 – Soko 522 on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.^[2]
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.
????? Soko 522 on static display in park at Tovariševo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

60143 – Soko 522 on static display at Mostar Airport in Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva.^[3]

Slovenia

Soko 522 on static display at the Pivka Park of Military History in Pivka.^[4]

United States

Soko 522 owned by John Magoffin in Tucson, Arizona.^[5] It was damaged in a wheels up landing.^[6]

Specifications (Soko 522)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62^[7]

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soko 522.

Notes

^ "Soko 522 - Untitled". Airliners.net. 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "AviationMuseum.eu". Muzej Yugoslovenskog Ratnog Vazduhoplovstva. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Airframe Dossier - SOKO 522, s/n 60143 YAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Paviljon C". Park Vojaške Zgodovine Pivka (in Slovenian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Airframe Dossier - SOKO 522, c/n U-210, c/r N210TU". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Member's Aircraft". Dixie Wing. Archived from the original on 3 May 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ Taylor 1961, pp. 355–356.

Bibliography

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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