Kārlis Irbītis
Kārlis Irbītis | |
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| Born | October 14, 1904 |
| Died | October 13, 1997 (aged 92) Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Occupation | Airplane designer |
| Known for | VEF I-16 |
| Awards | Bronze medal from the Latvian Aeroclub (1938) McCurdy Award for the VSTOL CL-84 project (1970) |
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Kārlis Irbītis (October 14, 1904, Lāde parish, Governorate of Livonia – October 13, 1997, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) was a Latvian aeroplane designer.
His greatest successes, for the VEF Factory, were the sports plane VEF I-12 (1935) and the monoplane VEF I-16 (1939), used as a fighter. After World War II, when he had emigrated to Canada, he was the designer of the experimental Canadian vertical landing and take-off aeroplane, the CL-84 (1950).
Aircraft Designed by Kārlis Irbītis[]
VEF I-16
VEF I-15B plane drawing signed by the author
- Sprīdītis – sport, single-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis (P.2, I.1) 1925
- Ikars / N. Pūliņš & K. Irbītis (P.3, I.2)
- – by Herberts Runka[1]
- Vanadziņš / A.S. ″Christine Backman″
- Ikars II – trainer 2-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Gambija – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Zilais Putns – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Zilais Putns II – trainer 2-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis
- Kaija – monoplane / Valsts Daugavpils Arodskola
- Vanags – by Riga Aviation Club / Valsts Daugavpils Arodskola 1935
VEF Factory
- Irbītis VEF I-11 – sport (low-wing distance racer)
- Irbītis VEF I-12 – trainer 2-seat, converted to single-seater
- Irbītis VEF I-14 – sport (low-wing racer)
- Irbītis VEF I-15a – trainer military single-seat
- – bomber
- Irbītis VEF I-16 – fighter
- Irbītis VEF I-17-1 – trainer military 2-seat
- – trainer military 2-seat (engine Shvetsov M-11)
- – sport trainer by Latvia Aeroclub
- Irbītis VEF I-19 – fighter project
Other
- CL-84 – world’s first successful tilt-wing aircraft / Canadair 1965
References[]
- ^ "Herberts Runka". LatvianAviation.com.
External links[]
- Latvian Academy of Sciences: Inventors of Latvia — Karl Irbitis
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- Latvian emigrants to Canada
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- 20th-century Latvian inventors
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