G-2 Galeb
Soko Galeb c. 1962
Type	Ground-attack and reconnaissance
Manufacturer	SOKO
Maiden flight	May 1961
Primary user	SFR Yugoslav Air Force
Produced	1964-1985
Variants	J-21 Jastreb

The SOKO G-2 Galeb (Serbian, Croatian Sea Gull) is a two-seat, single engine, advanced trainer, counter-insurgency, ground-attack and reconnaissance aircraft developed in Yugoslavia. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts SOKO ( English falcon) was an Aircraft factory situated in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1961: Events February February 1 - Trans-Canada Air Lines become The Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protiv vazdušna odbrana - RV i PVO SFRJ - SFR Yugoslav Air Force, sometimes simply called Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo For other uses of "J21" see J21 (disambiguation The Soko J-21 Jastreb was a single-seat attack/reconnaissance aircraft designed SOKO ( English falcon) was an Aircraft factory situated in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian:

Design

Yugoslavia's VTI (Aeronautical Technical Institute) began design work on the airplane, named Galeb, in 1957. The first flight was in May 1961. Soon, after one full-size wooden mockup, a second prototype Galeb 2 was built - establishing the G-2 type designation.

Galeb 1 had three rubber tanks in the fuselage, while Galeb 2 had two fuselage tanks holding 230 gallons (US) and two wingtip tanks holding 51 gallons (US) each. The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped" is an Aircraft 's main body section that holds crew and passengers or Cargo

The Galeb features a straight wing with tip tanks, Folland Type 1-B lightweight ejector seats, sideways hinging canopy transparencies and under-wing hard points for light bombs and rockets. Folland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturing company

Civilian Soko Galeb aircraft with YuAF markings.

Galeb prototype aircraft No. 23003.

Powered by a license-built Rolls Royce Viper Mk 22-6 turbojet, the G2-A was the standard version for the Yugoslav Air Force. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A G2-AE export variant became available from late 1974 and was built for Libya and Zambia. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa.

The aircraft was very easy and forgiving in flight, with easy maintenance, so students and technicians loved it. They regularly achieved 5,000 hours in the air (the AF Museum G-2 had 6,200 hours in its logbook).

Production began in 1964, making it the first indigenous jet to enter mass production in Yugoslavia (the first jet-powered plane built by Yugoslavia was the Ikarus 451M in 1952 but it did not enter production). After the Soko 522 it was the second aircraft built at SOKO, Mostar. Soko 522 is a two-seater Yugoslavian military training and light fighting aircraft produced in the mid 50’s by SOKO from Mostar, ex Yugoslavia, today SOKO ( English falcon) was an Aircraft factory situated in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics 1971 Croats - 37782 (396% Bosniaks ( ie Bosnian Muslims - 33645 (36

Flight tests

A maximum speed of 812 km/h (440 kt) at 6,200 m (20,100 ft) was achieved using clean wing (no tip-tanks), with no paint and with polished airframe. Top diving speed was Mach 0. 81, although after prolonged dive.

Without a pressurized cabin the practical ceiling is 9,000 m (29,000 ft), or 7,000 (22,800 ft) in a shorter period. The pressurized cabin would increase costs by up to 15% because all devices would need to be imported. The Air Force needed a trainer with secondary combat ability that could be used from grass runways. As an interesting note, the designers did not have any idea of the technical parameters for landing on grass runways and so the landing gear was designed for landing on aircraft carriers.

The wheels retract into the wings. This configuration suggests it was never intended to be used as anything other than a trainer. Its straight wing shows it was a subsonic aircraft. Retracting the wheels into the wing instead of the fuselage makes for a heavier wing, but it is more forgiving on landings, and the straight wing, which precludes supersonic flight, is less likely to stall on landing, making this a safer training aircraft. It was flown primarily by the Air Academy of Yugoslavia. Production ceased in 1985.

Variants

• G-2A Galeb (Seagull) : Two-seat basic / advanced jet trainer, light attack aircraft.
• G-2A-E : Two-seat export version for Libya and Zambia. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa.
• G-3 Galeb 3 : Prototype.
• G-2š : Unarmed trainer version G-2A.

Operators

Current Operators

 Libya

• Libyan Air Force - 116

 Serbia

• Technical Test Centre - TOC(ex-Flight test center - VOC) - Flight test sector (SLI) is operateing one G-2 Galeb aircraft. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab The Libyan Air Force (القوات الجوية الليبية - Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Libiyya) is the air force of Libya, with an air force personnel estimated Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The Serbian Armed Forces is the unified armed force that defends the Republic of Serbia and conducts other missions with respect to the constitution and laws of Serbia

Former Operators

 Yugoslavia

• SFR Yugoslav Air Force - passed on to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republika Srpska and Republic of Serbian Krajina. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protiv vazdušna odbrana - RV i PVO SFRJ - SFR Yugoslav Air Force, sometimes simply called Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state Republika Srpska ( Serbian: Република Српска Republika Srpska ( often abbreviated PC or RS) also Српска Srpska The Republic of Serbian Krajina abbreviated RSK (Република Српска Крајина РСК sometimes also translated "Republic of Serb Krajina"

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• Air Force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Afther 1995, 12 Galebs were transferred from Republika Srpska to FRY. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state The Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protiv Vazdušna Odbrana - RV i PVO SRJ/SCG - Air Force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro, They were all destroyed at Podgorica airbase during the 1999.

 Croatia

• Croatian Air Force - 1 G-2 captured from Krajina Air Force. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Croatian Air Force and Defense (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana is a branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia. Krajina is a Slavic Toponym. Ethymology In Croatian, it refers to area around certain smaller city

Specifications (G-2A)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 or 2
• Payload: 300 kg (661 lb)
• Length: 10. In military aircraft or space exploration the payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or space ship including as Cargo, Munitions scientific instruments 34 m (33 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 10. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 47 m / 11. 62 m with wingtip tanks (34 ft 4½ in / 38 ft 1½ in)
• Height: 3. 28 m (10 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 19. 43 m² (209. 1 ft²)
• Empty weight: 2,620 kg (5,775 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× DMB (license-built Rolls Royce/Bristol Siddeley) Viper ASV.11 Mk 22-6 turbojet, 11. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 12 kN (2,500 lbf)
• * Internal fuel load: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
• External fuel load: Up to 340 kg (750 lb) in two wing-tip drop tanks

Performance

• Maximum speed: 439 kt at 6,200 m (812 km/h / 505 mph at 20,340 ft)
• Cruise speed: 393 kt at 6,000 m (730 km/h / 453 mph at 19,685 ft)
• Range: 670 nm with tip tanks (1,242 km / 772 mi)
• Service ceiling 12,000 m (39,400 ft)
• Rate of climb: 1,370 m/min (4,490 ft/min)
• Endurance: 2 hours 30 minutes
• Acceleration limits: -4 to +8 g (-40 to +80 m/s²)

Armament

• 2 × 12. In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. 7 mm (. 50 cal) Colt-Browning M3 machine-guns in nose (80 rounds per gun)
• 4 × 57 mm rockets
• 4 × 115 kg (250 lb) bombs or 2 × 225 kg (500 lb) bombs

Avionics

• Targeting: Ferranti ISIS D-126R gyro sight

See also

• Yugoslav People's Army
  

Related development

• J-21 Jastreb
  

Comparable aircraft

• Aero L-29 Delfin
• Jet Provost
• Fouga Magister
• Aermacchi MB-326
• PZL TS-11 Iskra
• Hispano HA-200
  

External links

• Warbird Alley: Galeb page