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The UTVA Aero 3 was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft built in Yugoslavia to replace the Ikarus Aero 2 then in service. One hundred ten were built, in Yugoslav Air Force service from 1958 to mid-1970s. It was superseded by the UTVA 75.
thumb|First May 1960 in Ljubljana Aero 2 and Aero 3 aircraft
Design and development
First flown in 1956,
Former military operators
- Yugoslav Air Force
- Aviation Technical Group of Aviation Training School (1958–1960)
- Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 3rd Air Command (1959-1961)
- Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command (1959-1961)
- Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 7th Air Command (1959-1961)
- 463rd Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961-1965)
- 464th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961-1965)
- 465th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (1961-1965)
- Letalski center Maribor (Civil operator 1961-2011)
Aircraft on display
;Serbia
- Museum of Aviation (Belgrade) in Belgrade
A UTVA Aero 3 prototype and UTVa Aero 3 are on display
[http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Europe/Serbia/Belgrade/Muzej_Ratnog_Vazduhoplovstva.htm]
Croatia
- Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb
A UTVA Areo 3 prototype ev. number: 40001 from 1954.