| PZL I-22 | |
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| PZL I-22 M93K | |
| Role | Jet Trainer |
| Manufacturer | PZL Mielec |
| First flight | 3 March 1985 |
| Introduction | 22 December 1992 |
| Retired | 1996 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary user | Polish Air Force |
| Number built | 17 including prototypes |
PZL I-22 Iryda, PZL M93 Iryda, PZL M96 Iryda, was a twin-engine, two-seat Polish military jet trainer aircraft.
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In 1976, a program to develop a new jet trainer for the Polish Air Force started at the Institute of Aeronautics (Polish: Instytut Lotnictwa) to replace the TS-11 Iskra. The Iryda was designed in PZL Mielec (then WSK-Mielec). The first prototype was flown on March 3, 1985. The project was finally canceled in the 1990s due to problems and a lack of funding. Another reason was a crash of the pre-production series aircraft, even though the cause of accident was exceeding of the performance limits during forced flutter tests.
Data from Instytut Lotnictwa [1]
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