(Ya Hossein) Tazarve ( fa, تذرو, "Pheasant") is an
Iranian-made jet training aircraft, first revealed during
Iran airshow
The Kish Airshow also known as Persian Gulf Airshow is an aviation airshow held biennially on Kish Island, Iran. Its first airshow was in 2002 on Kish island, where 11 foreign companies participated from France, Russia, United Kingdom, Ukraine, ...
2002, in
Kish.
Iran began a programme to develop a jet trainer in the early 1990s, known as the Ya-Hossein project, first flying a proof of concept aircraft, the Dorna (Lark) in 1995, a second, much modified aircraft, the Tondar (Thunder) flying in 1998, with a third aircraft, the Tazarve introducing further revisions.
[Hewson 2003, p.16.] This third prototype was publicly unveiled at the
Iran Kish Air Show
The Kish Airshow also known as Persian Gulf Airshow is an aviation airshow held biennially on Kish Island, Iran. Its first airshow was in 2002 on Kish island, where 11 foreign companies participated from France, Russia, United Kingdom, Ukraine, ...
in October–November 2002.
[Duffy 2002, p.24.]
The Tazarve is a small aircraft of all
composite (
carbon fibre and
glass-reinforced plastic
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened into a sheet called a chopped strand mat, or woven into glass cloth ...
construction, with a mid-mounted straight wing). It is powered by a single
General Electric J85 jet engine, procured from existing
stocks.
An order for five development examples and 25 production aircraft was placed by the Iranian air Force.
At least the pre-production aircraft appear to have been built by 2008. After a deadly incident during an military parade in 2007 including the three prototoypes, the entire Ya-Hossein project was canceled and the remaining two aircraft retired and stored at Mehrabad International Airport. The aircraft seem to be stripped down of all valuable parts and only demonstarted again as ground exibits in 2015.
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{{Weapons of Iran
2000s Iranian military trainer aircraft