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  |name = Utva-66
  |image = BAM-52-Utva 66H V-52.jpg
  |caption = Utva-66 on display in the [[Museum of Aviation (Belgrade)|Museum of Aviation]]
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{{Infobox aircraft type
  |type = Military Training Aircraft/General Aviation Aircraft
  |manufacturer = [[UTVA]]
  |designer = [[UTVA]]
  |first flight = 1966
  |introduced =
  |retired =
  |number built = 130
  |status = Retired
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The '''UTVA-66''' is an STOL aircraft, which was produced in the former Yugoslavia. It was developed from the UTVA-60 and first flew 1966.

==Description==
Plane was built for landing on unprepared fields and its STOL characteristics include leading edge fixed slats, flaps and drooping ailerons. The cockpit is equipped with two flight controls. The right front and rear seats in the older version of the plane were able to accommodate two stretchers. The aircraft had floats to land on water, but they could have been exchanged for snow skis. 130 UTVA-66 aircraft were manufactured. The last aircraft were withdrawn from military service in 1999.

==Variants==
* '''66-AM (air ambulance)'''
* '''66H'''
* '''66V'''
* '''66 Super STOL'''

==Former Military Operators==
[[File:Hydroutva.JPG|thumb|200px|Utva 66 Hydro]]
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* [[Bosnian Air Force]] 
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* [[Croatian Air Force]]  
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*[[Macedonian Air Force]]  
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* [[Republika Srpska Air Force]]  
**[[92nd Light Multi role Aircraft Squadron]]
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* [[Yugoslav Air Force]]

**[[461st Light Combat Aviation Squadron]] (1977-1988)
**[[462nd Light Combat Aviation Squadron]] (1977-1981)
**[[252nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron]] (1981–1992)

==Aircraft on display==
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* [[Museum of Aviation (Belgrade)]] in Belgrade
A number of Ultva 66 including Ultva 66H are on display.
[http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Europe/Serbia/Belgrade/Muzej_Ratnog_Vazduhoplovstva.htm]

==Specifications (Utva 66)==
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|plane or copter?=plane
|jet or prop?=prop
|crew= 1-2
|capacity=
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** 3 passengers
** 2 stretchers
|length main= 8.38 m
|length alt= 27 ft 6 in
|span main= 11.40 m
|span alt= 37 ft 4 in
|height main=  3.2 m
|height alt= 10 ft 4 in
|area main= 2.06 m²
|area alt= 
|airfoil= NACA 4412
|empty weight main= 1251 kg 
|empty weight alt= 2758 lb
|loaded weight main= 1820 kg
|loaded weight alt= 4012 lb
|useful load main= 569 kg
|useful load alt= 1254 lb
|max takeoff weight main= 1820 kg
|max takeoff weight alt= 4012 lb 
|more general=
|engine (prop)= Lycoming GSO-480-B1J6
|type of prop=6-cylinder flat engine
|number of props=1
|power main= 340 hp limited to 5 minutes. 320 hp continuous
|power alt= 253 kw take-off / 238 kw continuous
|power original=
|max speed main= 230 km/h	 
|max speed alt= 124 kts 
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|never exceed speed main= 
|never exceed speed alt= 
|range main= 746 km
|range alt= 403 nm
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}}

==See also==
*[[Aermacchi AM.3]]
*[[SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019]]

==External links==
*[http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_utva66_en.php general tharaceristics for Utva-66]
*[https://www.redstar.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2904:utva-66&catid=502&lang=en&Itemid=538 Utva-66 Photo on Redstar.gr]

{{Wikipedia|Utva 66}}

[[Category:1960s Yugoslav military trainer aircraft]]
[[Category:UTVA aircraft|66]]