Kārlis Irbītis
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Born | Lāde Parish, Russian Empire (Now ![]() |
October 14, 1904
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. 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) |
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
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VEF I-16
- VEF Irbitis I-11
- VEF Irbitis I-12
- VEF Irbitis I-14
- VEF Irbitis I-15
- VEF Irbitis I-16
- VEF Irbitis I-17
- VEF Irbitis I-18
- VEF Irbitis I-19
- Canadair CL-84
- Irbitis Gambija - K.Irbitis (for N.Pulins)
- Irbitis-Backman I.4 Vanadzins - K.Irbitis / A.S.Christine Backman
- Irbitis I-1
- Irbitis I-2
- Irbitis I-4
- Irbitis I-5 Ikars II
- Irbitis I-6 Gambija
- Irbitis I-7 Zilais Putns
- Irbitis I-8 Zilais Putns II - N.Pulins / K. Irbitis
- Irbitis I-9 Vanags / Valsts Daugavpils Arodskola
- Irbitis I-12 – K. Irbitis - 2-seater, later converted to single-seater
- Irbitis I-14
- Irbitis I-15a
- Irbitis I-15b
- Irbitis I-16
- Irbitis I-17
- Pulins-Irbitis P.2 Spriditis (I.1) – N.Pulins & K.Irbitis
- Pulins-Irbitis P.3 Ikars (I.2) – N.Pulins & K.Irbitis
External links
- Latvian Academy of Sciences: Inventors of Latvia — Karl Irbitis
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