The Aero-3 was the Yugoslav air force's elementary trainer from 1958. Alarmingly for such an aircraft, it is said to be 'notoriously difficult to fly'. Certainly, few of the 110 examples built survive. This one, seen in full former Yugoslav markings with an additional Slovenian flag on the tailfin, was written off after a crash three months after I took this picture. The pilot lost his life.