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The IAR-825 Triumf is a Romanian-designed tandem multirole trainer aircraft based on the IAR-823 built for the Romanian Air Force. The aircraft is roughly in the same class with the Brazilian EMBRAER Tucano. The IAR-825 is equipped with the Canadian Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprop engine. The type's first flight took place on the 12 June 1982.[1]

IAR 825
Role	Trainer aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Romania
Manufacturer	Industria Aeronautică Română
First flight	12 June 1982
Status	Prototype only
Number built	1
Developed from	IAR-823

Only one prototype aircraft exists, formerly registered YR-IGB. It was sold and registered in the US in 2006 as N825BA. It was damaged in a forced landing on July 15, 2012. [2] It is currently registered by the Federal Aviation Authority as airworthy and active on the US civil aircraft register website as at November 2019.

Operators

 Romania

• Romanian Air Force

Specifications (IAR-825)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89 [1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.99 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 15 m² (160 sq ft)
• Airfoil: NACA 23012 (modified)
• Empty weight: 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG turboprop engine, 507 kW (680 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 470 km/h (290 mph, 250 kn)
• Cruise speed: 440 km/h (270 mph, 240 kn)
• Stall speed: 105 km/h (65 mph, 57 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 550 km/h (340 mph, 300 kn)
• Range: 1,400 km (870 mi, 760 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 16 m/s (3,100 ft/min)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Embraer EMB 312 Tucano

References

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