Trainer version (see UTI) of the I-16 Type 5. Introduced in 1937. At the time each fourth airframe of the I-16 was completed as a trainer. UTI-4 engined by the M-25, later M-25A and M-25V power plant.
All improvements of production versions were reflected on trainers, like new instrumentation, improved flaps, new engines. Some of UTI-4 had fixed landing gear.
Despite the I-16 was withdrawn from service in the 1944, the UTI-4 trainers still were used for pilot's training. Reconnaissance front line missions also were flown by the two-seaters during early stages of the Great Patriotic War.
No armament carried to save weight.
Rear sliding "Blind flight" hood on the rear cockpit for instrument training.
Modified January 25, 1996 | ![]() |
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