Întreprinderea de Construcții Aeronautice Românești

For other uses, see ICAR (disambiguation).

Întreprinderea de Construcții Aeronautice Românești (ICAR, also icar) (Romanian Aeronautical Design Enterprise), was a Romanian aircraft manufacturer. The company produced aircraft of its own design and under license.^[1]

Întreprinderea de Construcții Aeronautice Românești

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1932 (1932)
Founder	Mihail Racoviță
Defunct	1951 (1951)
Headquarters	Bucharest , Romania
Key people	Nicolae Racoviță[1]

History

Întreprinderea de Construcții Aeronautice Românești was founded in Bucharest in 1932 by Mihail Racovitd. In 1938, it was planned to rename the company Uzinele I.C.A.R. — Societate Anonimă and move it to Transylvania. However, this never occurred.^[2][1] ICAR closed in the early 1950s and production transitioned to the manufacture of industrial fans.^[3]

Aircraft

ICAR Universal

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
ICAR M23		14	Single engine monoplane touring airplane
ICAR Universal	1934	14	Single engine monoplane trainer
ICAR Comercial	1934	1	Single engine monoplane airliner
ICAR Acrobatic [ro]	1936	3[1]	Single engine biplane acrobatic airplane
ICAR Turing [ro]	1937	2	Single engine monoplane touring airplane
ICAR-1	1942	250	License built Schneider Grunau 9 primary glider. Production ended in 1955.[4]
ICAR F-10G		210[5]	License built single engine biplane trainer
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch		80	License built single engine monoplane liaison airplane

See also

• Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR)
• Societatea Pentru Exploatări Tehnice (SET)
• Aviation in Romania