Industria Aeronautică Română

Founded: 1925
Headquarters: BraÅŸov, Romania
Website: iar.ro

Industria Aeronautica Romana (IAR) (now IAR S.A. Brasov) or Romanian Aeronautic Industry in English, is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer founded in 1925. Based in Ghimbav, near BraÅŸov, Romania, the company employs around 1200 specialists including more than 170 engineers. It carries out upgrades, revisions, and overhauls on helicopters and light aircraft.

History

Airplane Picture - IAR BraÅŸov facilities in 1940

To ensure that the Royal Romanian Air Force (the Aeronautica Regală Romx¢nă, or ARR) would be supplied with aircraft without reliance on foreign producers, the Romanian government subsidized the creation of three major aircraft manufacturers in the interbellum period. The first was Societatea pentru Exploatări Tehnice (SET) which was founded in Bucharest in 1923. Next came IAR, which was formed in BraÅŸov since 1925. Finally there was ICAR (xŽntreprinderea de ConstrucÅ£ii Aeronautice Romx¢neÅŸti), which was created in Bucharest in 1932, and operated the factory at Brasov known as ICA-Brasov (xŽntreprinderea de ConstrucÅ£ii Aeronautice - Brasov).

One of the engineers designing IAR aircraft in the early 1930s was Elie Carafoli.

During World War II the IAR 80 and IAR 81 fighter aircraft were designed and produced at IAR facilities.

In 1945 and 1947, under the coordination of Radu Manicatide and Radu Mărdărescu, IAR developed a microcar, named M.R., and an automobile.

Since 1968, IAR has produced more than 370 helicopters (IAR 316 and IAR 330), 830 gliders, including motor gliders, and 140 aircraft.

In 2000, IAR created, with Eurocopter, Eurocopter Romania, holding a 49% stake in it.

Products

Original products

IAR CV 11
IAR 12
IAR 13
IAR 14
IAR 15
IAR 16
IAR 23
IAR 24
IAR 37
IAR 38
IAR 39
IAR 79
IAR 80
IAR 81

Under Licence

Morane-Saulnier MS 35
Potez 25
IAR P11F
IAR P11E
Fleet 10G

Post-war era aircraft

IAR 46
IAR 818
IAR 821
IAR 822
IAR 823
IAR 824
IAR 825
IAR 826
IAR 831

Helicopters

IAR 316
IAR 317
IAR 330 Puma
IAR 330L SOCAT

Gliders

ICA IS-3
ICA IS-8
ICA IS-10
ICA IS-11
ICA IS-12
ICA IS-13
ICA IS-28 "Lark"
ICA IS-28M
ICA IS-29
ICA IS-30
ICA IS-31
ICA IS-32
ICA IS-33

Aerostar Bacău
Avioane Craiova

Industria Aeronautică Română Pictures

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Source: WikiPedia