Ikarus ŠM

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Ikarus ŠM
Type	Training biplane flying boat
Manufacturer	Ikarus
Designed by	Josif Mikl
Maiden flight	1924
Introduced	1925
Primary user	Yugoslav Royal Navy
Number built	42

The Ikarus ŠM was a 1920s Yugoslavian biplane flying boat built by Ikarus Tvornica Aero i Hydroplana and used for training by the Royal Yugoslav Navy.

[edit] Development

The ŠM (for Školski Mercedes en:School Mercedes) was the first design of Josif Mikl for the Ikarus company, it was a side-by-side two-seat biplane flying boat powered by a 100hp (75kW) Mercedes engine.

[edit] Operational history

The aircraft were used by the Royal Yugoslav Navy as a basic trainer up to the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1941 a small number of aircraft were captured by Italian forces but they were not used.

[edit] Operators

 Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Royal Navy

[edit] Specifications (ŠM)

Related lists

• List of seaplanes and flying boats
  

[edit] References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2195

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