LIPNUR Belalang

Belalang
NU-85 Belalang prototype in-flight
General information
TypeMilitary trainer
National originIndonesia
ManufacturerAngkatan Udara Republik Indonesia, Depot Penjelidikan, Pertjobaan dan Pembuatan/LIPNUR
Designer
Nurtanio Pringgoadisuryo (id)
StatusRetired
Primary usersIndonesian Air Force
Indonesian Army
Indonesian Civil Aviation Institute
Number built9 (estimated)
History
Introduction date1959
First flight17 April 1958
Developed fromPiper J-3 Cub

The LIPNUR Belalang (Indonesian: Grasshopper) was a military trainer aircraft built in small numbers in Indonesia by LIPNUR in the late 1950s. It was essentially a Piper L-4J Grasshopper converted to give it a low wing. The NU-85 prototype flew for the first time on 17 April 1958 and the first production of NU-90 took place in 1959. The aircraft was operated by Indonesian Air Force. Indonesian Army and Indonesian Civil Aviation Institute at Curug, Tangerang also used this aircraft.