Soko Galeb
| Soko G-2A Galeb | |
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 Soko G-2A Galeb |
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| Type: | Jet trainer |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
May 1961 |
| Production time: |
1964 to 1985 |
| Number of pieces: |
248 |
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The Soko Galeb (Serbian соко / soko dt. "Falcon" - галеб / galeb dt. "Seagull") is an airplane model of the Soko company . As the first Yugoslav production jet, the aircraft was built from 1961 to 1983 for the Yugoslav Air Force and export customers. The fuselage was designed so that it was fully acro-capable and the limit was + 8 / −4 g . At Soko, the type was also referred to as the N-60.
variants
- G-1 "Galeb"
The two G-1 Galeb produced were prototypes .
- G-2A "Galeb"
The G-2A Galeb is a two-seat combat trainer .
- G-2A-E "Galeb"
The export version of the Galeb with newer UHF / VHF radio , radio compass, ILS , VOR , and radio compass .
- G-2š "Galeb"
With this pure jet trainer variant, the armament as well as the suspension points were omitted.
- G-3 "Galeb 3"
This prototype with a Viper-532 engine served as a prototype for the TJ-1 Jastreb.
Single-seat fighter-bomber based on the G-2A.
Users
A total of 250 series aircraft were manufactured at Soko in Mostar.
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Yugoslavia ( Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protiv Vazdušna Odbrana - RV i PVO SFRJ Yugoslav Air Force ): 130 (130 × G-2A & G-2s) -
Serbia and Montenegro ( Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protiv Vazdušna Odbrana Serbian Air Force ): 130 (G-2A & G-2s; only one machine for test flights) -
Croatia ( Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protiv Zracna Odbrana Croatian Air Force ): 2 (2 × G-2A captured aircraft from the Udbina military airfield; decommissioned) -
Zambia ( Zambian Air Wing Zambian Air Force ): 6 (6 × G-2A-E; decommissioned) -
Tanzania 2 copies from 1971–74 -
Libya ( Al Quwwatal Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Arabia al Libyya Libyan Air Force : 120 (80 × G-2A-E)
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Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data of the G-2A Galeb |
|---|---|
| crew | 2 |
| length | 10.34 m |
| span | 9.73 m |
| height | 3.28 m |
| Wing area | 19.43 m² |
| Empty mass | 2,620 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 4,300 kg |
| drive | a Rolls-Royce Viper 11 Mk.226 jet engine with 1,134 kp thrust |
| Top speed | 812 km / h at sea level |
| Service ceiling | 12,000 m |
| Range | 1,240 km |
Armament
- Fixed armament in the bow
- 2 × 12.7 mm Colt-Browning AN-M3 machine guns with 80 rounds of ammunition each
- Gun loading of 300 kg at eight external load stations
- Unguided air-to-surface missiles
- 6 × unguided NRZ air-to-surface missile; Caliber 127 mm
- 2 × rocket tube launch container NRZ BR-1-57 (copy UB-16-57) for 16 × unguided S-5 air-to-surface missiles; Caliber 57 mm
- Unguided bombs
- 2 × S-1 (115 kg free-fall bomb )
- 2 × HVAR-5 (225 kg fragmentation bomb)
Rescue systems
A British Folland Type 1 B ejection seat is installed for each pilot . Each cockpit hood must be blown off separately before disembarking.
