Astra Aircraft Factory
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The Astra Aircraft Factory in Arad was the second Romanian factory to build aircraft. Its activity took place between 1923 and 1925, producing four models of aircraft: Astra-Șeșefschi, Proto 1, Proto
A Proto 1 under construction at the factory
Proto 1
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Proto 1 was a training biplane designed by Major Ștefan Protopopescu in collaboration with Dumitru Baziliu and Gheorghe Ticău at Arsenalul Aeronautic in Bucharest in 1922. It was the first Romanian ai
Astra Aircraft Factory
…was the second Romanian factory to build aircraft. Its activity took place between 1923 and 1925, producing four models of aircraft: Astra-Șeșefschi, Proto 1, Proto 2 and Astra-Proto. From 1915, the Marta factory had been producing Austro-Daimler aircraft engines. After the war, the factory was merged with…
Proto-1, the first aircraft designed at Arsenalul Aeronautic
Major Protopopescu face-to-face with his own cartoon portrait painted on the all-white fuselage of the airplane.