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
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.
Proto-1 under construction at the Astra Factory
Arsenalul Aeronautic
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Arsenalul Aeronautic in Bucharest was the first aeronautical factory in Romania, active between 1919 and 1939. Three models of aircraft were manufactured in the factory: Hansa-Brandenburg C.I, Proto 1
Proto 1
…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 airplane to be built in a specialized enterprise. The first experimental flights were carried out by…
Cotroceni airfield in the 1920s
The Romanian built Hansa-Brandenburg C.I No. 58