Aurel Vlaicu 1882-1913

Aurel Vlaicu /a.u'rel 'vlaj.ku/ (born November 19, 1882, in Bintinti, near Orastie, Hunedoara County, died September 13, 1913, near Banesti, Campina) was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot. Image File history File linksMetadata Aurel_Vlaicu. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Aurel_Vlaicu. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Orăstie (Hungarian: Szászváros, German: Bros) is a city in Romania, Hunedoara county. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Câmpina is a city in Prahova county, Romania. ...

He attended Calvin High School in Orastie (renamed "Liceul Aurel Vlaicu" in his honour in 1919) and took his Baccalaureate at Sibiu in 1902. He furthered his studies at Technical University of Budapest and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany, earning his engineer diploma in 1907. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course that generally lasts three or four years. ... Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt, Hungarian: Nagyszeben) is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 170,000. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (in Hungarian, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem or in short Műegyetem) is the most significant University of Technology in Hungary. ... With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is the second largest university in Germany (surpassed only by the University of Cologne). ...

After working at Opel car factory in Rüsselsheim, he returned to Bintinti and built a glider he flew in the Summer of 1909. Later that year, he moved to Bucharest where he began the construction of Vlaicu I airplane, which first flew on June 17, 1910. Opel, originally and more correctly known as Adam Opel AG is an automobile maker in Germany. ... Rüsselsheim is the largest city in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. ... Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ...

With model Vlaicu II, built in 1911, Aurel Vlaicu won several prizes summing 7500 Austro-Hungarian krone (for precise landing, projectile throwing and tight flying around a pole) in 1912 at Aspern Air Show near Vienna, where he competed against 42 other aviators of the day, including Roland Garros. The Austro-Hungarian Empire adopted the gold standard in 1892 when the new currency of the Krone (Crown, also known in Hungarian and other imperial languages as the Koruna) of 100 hellers was introduced. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Aspern is a village in Austria, on the Danube, 4 miles north-east of Vienna. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya;) Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Roland Garros has been considered the world’s first fighter pilot. ...

Aurel Vlaicu died in 1913 near Campina while attempting to cross in flight the Carpathian Mountains in his aged Vlaicu II airplane. Câmpina is a city in Prahova county, Romania. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and northern Hungary. ...

During his short career he built three original, arrow-shaped airplanes, with flight controls in front, two coaxial propellers, NACA-like ring around the engine, and independent suspension-tricycle-landing-gear with brakes. At the time of his death, a two-seated monoplane Vlaicu III, ordered by Marconi Company for experiments with aerial wireless radio, was only partially built. After Vlaicu's death the plane was completed by friends, and several short experimental flights were made during 1914. Further tests were hindered by the unusual controls of the airplane, no other pilot was familiar with. In 1916, during the German occupation of Bucharest, Vlaicu III was seized and shipped to Germany. The airplane was last seen in an aviation exhibition in Berlin in 1942. NACA may mean: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics National Association for Campus Activities [1] Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, an industry association of shrimp farmers and other aquaculture industries. ... The Marconi Company Ltd. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ...

External links

• http://www.earlyaviators.com/evlaicu.htm
• Great Britain Patent GB191026658