__NOTOC__ The IAR-811 was a Romanian trainer aircraft built in the late 1940s. It was the first aircraft designed and built in Romania following the end of the

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. The IAR-811 was designed by a team of designers at the Sovromtractor

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factory at

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(formerly the

Industria Aeronautică Română Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) (now IAR S.A. Brașov), or Romanian Aeronautic Industry in English, is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer. It is based in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania. IAR was founded in 1925 with the aid of the Romanian g ...

aircraft works) in 1949. It was a single-engined low-wing

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of all wooden construction. Its crew sat side by side under an enclosed canopy, and the aircraft was powered by a single Train 6T engine. The only example made its first flight on 12 May 1949. It was claimed to be very manoeuvrable, and have good handling, and it was reported that consideration was given to putting the type into production, but the engine was no longer in production. The aircraft was developed into the

IAR-813 __NOTOC__ The IAR-813 was a Romanian trainer aircraft based on the IAR-811. It differed from the IAR 811 in having a bubble canopy and more powerful engine. Construction and design Following the flight of the IAR-811 wooden two-seat training air ...

, which used the available and more powerful (

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engine.

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* * * {{IAR Aircraft 1940s Romanian military trainer aircraft 811 Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear