Kārlis Irbītis (October 14, 1904, in Lāde parish, Governorate of Livonia – October 13, 1997, in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) was a Latvian aeroplane designer.
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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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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 aircraft. 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
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- Irbītis I-1 Sprīdītis – sport, single-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis (P.2, I.1) 1925
- Irbītis I-2 Ikars / N. Pūliņš & K. Irbītis (P.3, I.2)
- Irbītis I-3 – by Herberts Runka[1]
- Irbītis I-4 Vanadziņš / A.S. ″Christine Backman″
- Irbītis I-5 Ikars II – trainer 2-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Irbītis I-6 Gambija – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Irbītis I-7 Zilais Putns – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Irbītis I-8 Zilais Putns II – trainer 2-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis
- Irbītis I-9 Kaija – monoplane / Valsts Daugavpils Arodskola
- Irbītis I-10 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
- Irbītis VEF I-15b – bomber
- Irbītis VEF I-16 – fighter
- Irbītis VEF I-17-1 – trainer military 2-seat
- Irbītis VEF I-17-2 – trainer military 2-seat (engine Shvetsov M-11)
- Irbītis VEF I-18 – sport trainer by Latvia Aeroclub
- Irbītis VEF I-19 – fighter project
Other
References
edit- ^ "Herberts Runka". LatvianAviation.com.
External links
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Media related to Kārlis Irbītis at Wikimedia Commons- Latvian Academy of Sciences: Inventors of Latvia — Karl Irbitis Archived 2015-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
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