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> IAR-93 - 30 years from the first take off, The first Romanian jet-fighter
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Posted: November 01, 2004 06:27 pm
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The first Romanian prototype, White 001 made its first flight, which lasted 21 minutes, on October 31,1974, the take off took place at 12.08 local time, with Col. Gheorghe Stanica at controls.


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Posted: November 02, 2004 06:14 am
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What an interesting story about IAR-93, I thought that around 200 had been delivered to the Romania Air Force. It real shame that the aircraft were never upgraded and they were retired early. I suspect that the retirement of the IAR-93 fleet was at least partly political.

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