ANBO I

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ANBO I
Anbo1.jpg
General information
TypePrototype trainer aircraft
Manufacturer Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius
Designer
Number built1
History
First flight14 July 1925
Retired 1935
Developed into ANBO II

The ANBO I was a single-seat aircraft developed in Lithuania, proposed as a trainer for the Lithuanian Army. It was a low-wing, braced monoplane of conventional tailwheel configuration. The fuselage structure was of fabric-covered welded steel tube, The wing had a wooden, two-spar structure and was fabric covered but the fuselage, also fabric covered, had a welded steel tube structure. [1]

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The first flight took place in 1925. Ten years later the aircraft was sold to the Lithuanian Aviation Museum in Kaunas where it is exhibited today. [2] [3]

Operators

Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg  Lithuania

Specifications

Anbo I 3-view drawing from L'Air January 15, 1926 Anbo I 3-view L'Air January 15, 1926.png
Anbo I 3-view drawing from L'Air January 15, 1926
ANBO I exhibited in the Lithuanian Aviation Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania LAM 2008-09 Anbo-1.jpg
ANBO I exhibited in the Lithuanian Aviation Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania

Data from Les Ailes, November 1925 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 Serryer, J. (5 November 1925). "Le monoplan A.Gustaitis". Les Ailes (229): 2–3.
  2. "Latvian Air Force Museum, - ANBO I". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Ogden, Bob (2009). Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe. Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 357. ISBN   978-0-85130-418-2.

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