Astra-Protopopescu
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The Astra-Protopopescu or Astra-Proto was a Romanian reconnaissance aircraft flown and tested in 1925.
Astra-Proto in flight
Ștefan Protopopescu
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Ștefan Protopopescu was a Romanian officer and aviation pioneer, he held the no. 1 pilot license in Romania, being the first licensed pilot in Romania and the first pilot of the Romanian Army.
Astra-Protopopescu
…The Astra-Protopopescu or Astra-Proto was a Romanian reconnaissance aircraft flown and tested in 1925. The Astra-Proto, designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Ștefan Protopopescu and built by the Astra Aircraft Factory at Arad was intended as a reconnaissance aircraft. It was a biplane with constant chord wings, straight-edged…
Major Ștefan Protopopescu, c. 1925
Ștefan Protopopescu in front of an Farman III type airplane, Chitila, Romania
Major Protopopescu face-to-face with his own cartoon portrait painted on the all-white fuselage of the Proto 1.