Kārlis Irbītis
Kārlis Irbītis was a Latvian aeroplane designer.
His greatest successes, for the VEF factory, were the sports plane VEF I-12 and the monoplane VEF I-16, used as a fighter aircraft. 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.
Aircraft designed by Kārlis Irbītis
- Irbītis I-1 Sprīdītis – sport, single-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis 1925
- Irbītis I-2 Ikars / N. Pūliņš & K. Irbītis
- Irbītis I-3 – by Herberts Runka
- Irbītis I-4 Vanadziņš / A.S. ″Christine Backman″
- Irbītis I-5 Ikars II – trainer 2-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Irbītis I-6 Gambija – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Irbītis I-7 Zilais Putns – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš
- Irbītis I-8 Zilais Putns II – trainer 2-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis
- Irbītis I-9 Kaija – monoplane / Valsts Daugavpils Arodskola
- Irbītis I-10 Vanags – by Riga Aviation Club / Valsts Daugavpils Arodskola 1935
- Irbītis VEF I-11 – sport
- Irbītis VEF I-12 – trainer 2-seat, converted to single-seater
- Irbītis VEF I-14 – sport
- Irbītis VEF I-15a – trainer military single-seat
- Irbītis VEF I-15b – bomber
- Irbītis VEF I-16 – fighter
- Irbītis VEF I-17-1 – trainer military 2-seat
- Irbītis VEF I-17-2 – trainer military 2-seat
- Irbītis VEF I-18 – sport trainer by Latvia Aeroclub
- Irbītis VEF I-19 – fighter project