IAR 95

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The IAR-95 Spey was a Romanian project for a supersonic fighter jet. The project was started in the late 1970s and cancelled in 1981. Shortly after, the project was restarted again. The project was cancelled for good in 1988 due to lack of funds before a prototype could be built, although a full-scale mockup was being constructed.

The design was a high wing monoplane with lateral air intakes, a single fin, and a single engine. Designs with two fins and two engines were also considered but it was decided to go with the single engine single fin design. Other designations given to this project are IAR-101 and IAR-S and refer to different design layouts.

Romania considered a joint program with Yugoslavia, but the latter declined because it was designing its own supersonic fighter jet, the Novi Avion.

The IAR-95 is similar in appearance and (projected) performances to the Chinese FC-1, a joint Chinese-Pakistani fighter jet designed in the 1990s. There was some cooperation between the military industries of Romania and China so it is possible for the two projects to be related.

[edit] Specifications

The following technical data applies to the design that progressed the furthest:

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 or 2
• Length: 16.0 m ()
• Wingspan: 9.3 m ()
• Height: 5.45 m ()
• Wing area: 27.9 m² (56.5 m²)
• Empty weight: 7880 kg ()
• Max takeoff weight: 15,200 kg ()
• Powerplant: 1× Tumansky R-29-300 afterburning turbofans

Performance

Armament

• 3200 kg of various missiles and bombs

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Comparable aircraft

• FC-1
• Mirage F-1
• Kfir
• F/A-18

 

Related lists

• List of fighter aircraft

See also

• 4th generation jet fighter

[edit] References

• Romanian National Institute for Aerospace Research INCAS S.A.
• International Air Power Review, Winter 2001-2002
• [1]A link containing pictures and technical information