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The IAR 80 aircraft, a Polish fighter variant, but with much better performance, was produced by Industria Aeronautica Romania.  It was Romania's best fighter aircraft of World War II.
 
The IAR 80 aircraft and its predecessor had similar nose and tail sections, but the mid section of the aircraft differed. Perhaps the most noticeable difference was the much more modern bubble-type canopy of the aircraft.
 
IAR 80 aircraft are probably best known for their defense of the Romanian Ploesti oil fields. On June 10, 1944 forty-six aircraft from the 82nd Fighter Group armed with 1,000 lb. bombs escorted by forty-eight more aircraft of the First Fighter Group attacked Ploesti on a low level raid.
 
About 56 IAR 80 aircraft intercepted the enemy aircraft. In the short period of combat that followed, a total of 23 enemy aircraft were downed with a loss of five IAR 80 aircraft. The combat took place at low altitude in a tight valley which gave the IAR 80 aircraft the advantage.  They had far less success against high altitude raids.
 
A total of about 250 IAR 80 aircraft were produced. Of those, a little over 100 were still active at the end of World War II. A number of IAR 80 aircraft were converted to two seat training aircraft which served the Romania Air Force until 1952.
 
 

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IAR K14-1000
1,025 hp.
31' 0"
29' 10"
4,850 lbs.
6,570 lbs.
4- 7.92 mm
2- 20 mm
270 mph
340 mph
2,350 fpm
31,200 feet
585 miles
4/19/39
1942
 
Radio Control Airplane

 RC IAR 80 by Serban from RC Groups.
 
Radio Control Airplanes:
 
 
Although we have seen a few scratch built RC IAR 80 airplanes, we only know of one radio control airplane kit.  
 
Pictured above is the scratch built RC IAR 80 by Serban of RC Groups.  The radio control airplane has a wing span of 35".  Depron foam is the material used in construction of the rc airplane. Power for the radio control airplane comes from a 1050 kV motor swinging a 9.5 propeller.  
 
The first and second pictures below are of the Warbird Kits IAR 80 rc airplane.  The radio control airplane is an ARF.  Wing span of the RC Airplane is 34".  The radio control airplane has a fuselage length of 29".  Materials used in the construction of the rc IAR 80 are balsa and plywood.  You can power the radio control airplane with a Speed 400 size motor.
 
The third picture below was taken of an unknown participant at NEAT 2006 holding a IAR 80 RC Airplane.  It was posted on RC Groups.  
 
Have you built a rc IAR 80 radio control airplane you would like to tell us about?  Have you seen IAR 80 rc plans, an arf or a kit?  If you have, please email us.
 
 
Radio Control Airplane
RC IAR 80 from Warbird Kits.
 
Radio Control Airplane

 IAR 80 rc airplane.


Radio Control Airplane
RC IAR 80 at NEAT 2006.