"All-metal jet trainer plane, conventional in layout, with mid-wings. Wings are trapezoid-shaped, with leading edge swept at small angle. Air intakes in wings. Single jet engine has an exhaust under a boom with tail fin, which gives the plane an unusual silhouette. The two crewmen have ejector seats. The aircraft has no radar (apart from the TS-11R). It can be fitted with photo cameras"
General characteristics
* Crew: Two - student and instructor
* Length: 11.15 m (36 ft 7 in)
* Wingspan: 10.06 m (33 ft)
* Height: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
* Wing area: 17.50 m² (188 ft²)
* Empty weight: 2,560 kg (5,640 lb)
* Loaded weight: 3,724 kg (8,210 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 3,840 kg (8,470 lb)
* Powerplant: 1× WSK SO-3W turbojet, 10.8 kN (2,425 lbf)
Performance
* Maximum speed: 720 km/h (450 mph)
* Range: 1,260 km (780 mi)
* Service ceiling: 11,000 m (26,100 ft)
* Rate of climb: 14.8 m/s (2,910 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 213 kg/m² (43.6 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.30
Armament
* 1x 23 mm NR-23 cannon in the nose
* 4 underwing pylons, up to 400 kg (880 lb) of bombs or unguided S-5 rocket pods Mars-4 (4 rockets) or Zeus-1 gun packs.
Tratto da en.wikipedia.org
ED è ancora in servizio!
. Dopo il MiG-21 (ritirato nel 2003 a favore dell F-16) questo è l'a/m più vecchio in servizio nella forza aerea polacca Viene anche usato dalla pattuglia acrobatica nazionale Polacca "Biale Iskry"
