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 IItrainer 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
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