Rogožarski PVT

Rogožarski · Yugoslavia · first flew 1934 · light aircraft

The Rogožarski PVT was a single-engined, two-seat parasol-wing advanced and fighter trainer built in Yugoslavia before the Second World War. Over 60 were built.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	High-mounted, swept
E — Engines	1 × piston, nose-mounted
F — Fuselage	Swept parasol wings held well above the fuselage by lift struts and a central inverted-V cabane
T — Tail	Conventional

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Swept parasol wings held well above the fuselage by lift struts and a central inverted-V cabane
Long narrow-chord ailerons with prominent spades clear of the upper surface
7-cylinder radial with exposed cylinder heads driving a two-blade propeller

The tailplane is strut-braced from below and wire-braced above to the fin, and the rudder is broad and rounded.

Specifications

The Rogožarski PVT has a length of 8.54 m (28 ft).
It has a wingspan of 11.2 m (37 ft).
Its maximum speed is 240 km/h (149 mph).
Typical crew: 2.

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History

A design team including Rudolf Fizir designed it around 1933, with tandem open cockpits in an oval wooden monocoque fuselage. The prototype probably first flew in 1934. Power was a 420 hp Gnome-Rhône 7K radial.

Variants

The PVT-H was a seaplane on Edo floats, of which four were delivered to the Yugoslav Royal Navy in 1938 to 1939. The last 10 land aircraft had fixed Darne machine guns and a licence-built engine.

Where you'll see it

It served with the Yugoslav Royal Air Force from 1936 until Yugoslavia fell in 1941. Captured aircraft were used by the Croatian air force and by Italy against partisans, and two survived into the post-war Yugoslav Air Force.

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