# Soko 522

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1950s Yugoslavian trainer/light attack aircraft

Soko 522 General information Type Training and light attack aircraft Manufacturer SOKO Designer Šostarić, Marjanović and Čurčić Primary user Yugoslav Air Force Number built approx. 110 History Introduction date 1955 First flight February 1955 Retired 1978

The **Soko 522** was a two-seater Yugoslav military training and light attack aircraft produced in the 1950s by [SOKO](/source/SOKO) in [Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia).

## History

The Soko 522 was designed by Yugoslav engineers Šostarić, Marjanović and Čurčić at the [Ikarus Aircraft Factory](/source/Ikarus_Aircraft_Factory) in [Zemun](/source/Zemun). The first prototype flew in February 1955. After the initial success of the new aircraft, production was transferred to the Soko aircraft factory in [Mostar](/source/Mostar). Production lasted until 1961 and totalled 110 units. The Soko 522 was used as the primary trainer aircraft for the Yugoslav air force until it was retired in 1978.

It gained some fame for its role in war movies filmed in Yugoslavia during the 1960s and 1970s, where it was used to portray the [Fw 190](/source/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190) German fighter. Some of its prominent movie roles were in the Yugoslav [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards) candidate *[Battle of Neretva](/source/Battle_of_Neretva_(film))* and *[Kelly's Heroes](/source/Kelly's_Heroes)*, starring [Clint Eastwood](/source/Clint_Eastwood).

## Operators

**[Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia)**

- [Yugoslav Air Force](/source/Yugoslav_Air_Force) - [460th Light Combat Aviation Squadron](/source/460th_Light_Combat_Aviation_Squadron) (1961–1967) - [461st Light Combat Aviation Squadron](/source/461st_Light_Combat_Aviation_Squadron) (1961–1968, 1973–1977) - [462nd Light Combat Aviation Squadron](/source/462nd_Light_Combat_Aviation_Squadron) (1961–1968, 1973–1977) - [463rd Light Combat Aviation Squadron](/source/463rd_Light_Combat_Aviation_Squadron) (1961–1966) - [464th Light Combat Aviation Squadron](/source/464th_Light_Combat_Aviation_Squadron) (1961–1966) - [465th Light Combat Aviation Squadron](/source/465th_Light_Combat_Aviation_Squadron) (1961–1966)

## Surviving aircraft

A preserved Soko 522 exhibited at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.

**France**

- 60168 – Soko 522 airworthy.[1][*[better source needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable_sources)*]

**Serbia**

- 60132 – Soko 522 on static display at the [Museum of Aviation](/source/Museum_of_Aviation_(Belgrade)) in [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade).[2]

- 60157 – Soko 522 on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.[2]

- 60204 – Soko 522 on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.

- ????? Soko 522 on static display in park at Tovariševo

**Bosnia and Herzegovina**

- 60143 – Soko 522 on static display at [Mostar Airport](/source/Mostar_Airport) in [Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva](/source/Mostar).[3]

**Slovenia**

- Soko 522 on static display at the [Pivka Park of Military History](/source/Pivka_Park_of_Military_History) in [Pivka](/source/Pivka).[4]

**United States**

- Soko 522 owned by John Magoffin in [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona).[5] It was damaged in a wheels up landing.[6]

## Specifications (Soko 522)

*Data from* *Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62*[7]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** 2

- **Length:** 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)

- **Wingspan:** 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)

- **Height:** 3.58 m (11 ft 9 in)

- **Gross weight:** 1,089 kg (2,400 lb)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × [Pratt & Whitney R-1340](/source/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-1340)-AN-1 Wasp air-cooled [radial engine](/source/Radial_engine), 450 kW (600 hp)

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 351 km/h (218 mph, 190 kn)

- **Range:** 978 km (608 mi, 528 nmi)

- **Service ceiling:** 7,000 m (23,000 ft)

**Armament** **Avionics** radio AN-ARC-3, VKT 100-156 MHz range 45 km at 1000 ft, 200 km at 10,000 ft radiocompass AN-ARN-6 100-1750 kHz or AD-722

## See also

**Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era**

- [Yakovlev Yak-11](/source/Yakovlev_Yak-11)

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Soko 522](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Soko_522).

### Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Soko 522 - Untitled"](http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Soko-522/1067894). *Airliners.net*. 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AM_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AM_2-1) ["AviationMuseum.eu"](http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Europe/Serbia/Belgrade/Muzej_Ratnog_Vazduhoplovstva.htm). *Muzej Yugoslovenskog Ratnog Vazduhoplovstva*. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Airframe Dossier - SOKO 522, s/n 60143 YAF"](http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=101228). *Aerial Visuals*. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Paviljon C"](http://www.parkvojaskezgodovine.si/razstave/paviljon-c). *Park Vojaške Zgodovine Pivka* (in Slovenian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Airframe Dossier - SOKO 522, c/n U-210, c/r N210TU"](http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=231325). *Aerial Visuals*. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Member's Aircraft"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030503114059/http://www.dixiewing.org/aircraft/other/index.htm). *Dixie Wing*. Archived from [the original](http://www.dixiewing.org/aircraft/other/index.htm) on 3 May 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-JAWA61_p355-6_7-0)** Taylor 1961, pp. 355–356.

### Bibliography

- [Taylor, John W. R.](/source/John_W._R._Taylor) *Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62*. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.

- Illustrated history of aviation ’’Modern Ikars“, IRO Vuk Karadzic&Sluzbeni list SFRJ, Belgrade, 1989. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [86-307-0088-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/86-307-0088-2)

- Yugoslavian Air Force and Air Defence, group of authors, VINC, Belgrade, 1989.

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