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IAR K14

radial aircraft engine manufactured in Romania

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ5968410 ↗
Source-derived summary

The IAR K14 was a Romanian 14-cylinder radial aircraft engine. The IAR K14 was a licensed derivative of the French Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major produced in Romania.

Variants

IAR K14-I 40

IAR K14-I C32

693 kW (930 hp) engine. 44 for IAR P.24E

IAR K14-II C32

649 kW (870 hp) engine. 50 built for IAR 37, 1 built for IAR 80 prototype

IAR K14-II D32

IAR K14-III C36

690 kW (930 hp) engine. 20 built for IAR 80, 95 built for IAR 37

IAR K14-IV C32

716 kW (960 hp) engine. 30 built for IAR 80, 160 built for IAR 39, 2 built for IAR 47 prototypes

IAR K14-IV C32 1000A

764 kW (1025 hp) engine.

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The public source identifies “IAR K14” as radial aircraft engine manufactured in Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around radial, aircraft and engine.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1025—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with radial, aircraft and engine providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “IAR K14” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.