Bucharest: Editura Tehnică. In 1907 he graduated from the Munich Polytechnic and received his engineering degree. He was expected to participate in the ASTRA festivities in Orăștie, near Binţinţi. 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At the June 1912 international air competition in Aspern, near Vienna, flying on Vlaicu II, he won the First Prize for launching a projectile to target and the Second Prize for precision landing, according to www.angelfire.com. III was a two-seat monoplane having a fully cowled 80 hp (60 kW) Gnome Gamma engine. II was started in December 1910 on a budget of 16,000 lei and first flew in April 1911. It was an improved version of Vlaicu's earlier airplane, the A. Vlaicu Nr. [citation needed], Aurel Vlaicu died on September 13, 1913 near Câmpina, on the outskirts of Bănești commune while attempting to be the first to fly across the Carpathian Mountains in his now aged A. Vlaicu Nr. It was destroyed on September 13, 1913, in the crash that cost Aurel Vlaicu his life, when he attempted to make the first flight across the Carpathian Mountains. [8], On November 1, 1909 he began the construction of his first powered airplane, the A. Vlaicu Nr. [citation needed], Vlaicu's three powered airplanes had one central aluminum tubing, the flight controls in front, two counter-rotating propellers, one mounted ahead of the nacelle, and the other to the rear of the wing up high, partially counteracting each other's torque. The wheel controlled the elevators while sideways motion of the tiller controlled the rudder. The A Vlaicu II was the second powered airplane designed and built by Aurel Vlaicu. On October 28, 1948 Aurel Vlaicu was elected posthumous honorary member of the Romanian Academy. Aurel Vlaicu invented the arrow shaped airplane during his lifetime (1882-1913). [citation needed], He was buried in Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest and was posthumously elected to the Romanian Academy in 1948. Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor and airplane constructor. Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot. Choosing this option will immediately limit the number of advertising Yes we know Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist best known for her work on radioactivity; however, she also discovered… Despite that, a group of intellectuals, including Octavian Goga, Alexandru Vlahuta and Spiru Haret, offered the young man support and unwavering trust in his intelligence and talent. [22], In 2010 a museum in Deva ordered several hundreds mugs to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Vlaicu's first powered flight. Between 1912 – 1913 he designed the Vlaicu III, the world’s first metal-built aircraft with an aerodynamic shape, which he never came to build, as he crashed with the Vlaicu II near Campina, on August 31/ September 13, 1913 while attempting to cross the Carpathians. Vlaicu celebrated the success of his first flight in a festive setting with a group of close friends. He completed its construction within seven months and flew it for the first time on June 17, 1910. I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy, We use cookies to offer you a personalized  experience on our site and. The construction of A. Vlaicu Nr. It was an improved version of Vlaicu's earlier airplane, the A. Vlaicu Nr. The friends who participated in the event hugged Vlaicu and would enthusiastically relate their witnessing the flight, engineer Constantin C. Gheorghiu writes in the book “Aurel Vlaicu – a forerunner of Romanian aviation” (Technical Publishing House, 1960). I flew for the first time on June 17, 1910 over Cotroceni airfield. The next afternoon, when he arrived at the testing field, Vlaicu was surprised to see that a crowd of curious people – children included – had gathered there since morning. Towards the evening, when he took the airplane out of the hangar, the field was packed full. [3][4], Aurel Vlaicu was born in the village of Bencenc (Binţinţi) in Transylvania, Austro-Hungarian Empire (renamed Aurel Vlaicu in 1927), now part of Geoagiu, Romania. Born on November 19, 1882, Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot. The competition number of the A. Vlaicu Nr. [16], His name is listed second on the Romanian Airmen Heroes Memorial in Bucharest, after Gheorghe Caranda and before his friend and fellow pilot, Gheorghe Negel, who died in an aircraft crash one month after Vlaicu, on October 11, 1913.[17]. Please follow [7] In 2009 it won a bronze medal at the World Air Games (WAG) in Turin. currently using. Between 2004 and 2008 a replica of the A Vlaicu II was built by Fundaţia Aerospaţială Română and Romaero in Bucharest on a budget of approximately 200,000 EUR. Sadly, the plane did not finish the journey, and Vlaicu died in the crash in 1913. I at the Army Arsenal in Bucharest with funding from the Romanian Ministry of War and on a 300 lei monthly stipend from the Minister of Public Education. The airplane uses a 100 hp contemporary engine and modern materials, and has its controls modified compared to the original airplane. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. As of 2014 the airplane has not been tested in flight. He began constructing his first powered airplane, the A. Vlaicu Nr. [15], The cause of Vlaicu's crash remains unsolved. II was started in December 1910 at the Școala de Arte și Meserii (Arts and Crafts School) in Bucharest, on a budget of 16,000 lei. The A. Vlaicu Nr. In October 1909, on the advice of Octavian Goga, he moved to the Kingdom of Romania, where with help from Romanian-Transylvanian expatriates, he obtained financial support to build his first powered airplane, following a number of demonstration flights with rubber-powered models in front of Romanian government officials and journalists. Vlaicu furthered his studies at Technical University of Budapest and Technische Hochschule München in Germany, earning his engineer's diploma in 1907. However, if you wish to disable cookies on Nine O'Clock, including After rolling about 40 meters, the flying machine’s front wheels lifted in the air and almost simultaneously the rear wheel also took off the ground. The design was based on his earlier A Vlaicu II. [6], Vlaicu left Opel in March 1909 and returned to Binţinţi, where, together with his brother, Ion, he built a glider which first flew in the summer of 1909. II was started in December 1910 at the Școala de Arte și Meserii (Arts and Crafts School) in Bucharest, on a budget of 16,000 lei. It was displayed at various commemorative events. Aurel Vlaicu’s father mortgaged his land to provide him with money, but this was still not enough. In his desire to build a better, lighter and faster aircraft than those already existing abroad the inventor encountered financial shortages. A. Vlaicu Nr. ... Aurel Vlaicu. Aurel Vlaicu, un precursor al aviaţiei româneşti. The construction of A. Vlaicu Nr. It was completed by his friends and several short test flights were made during 1914 by military pilot Petre Macavei. In 1908 he worked for a short time as an engineer at the Opel Automobile Factory in Russelheim – Germany, and achieved his first successes during this stint, having two of his inventions patented. The low center of gravity provided by the parasol wing allowed for the lateral stability that this type of control system requires. He then attended advanced technical courses in Vienna and Munich. A nacelle underneath a parasol wing housed the pilot and a Gnome Gamma engine. The wheel could be temporarily locked with the help of two dowels. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Vlaicu_II&oldid=885812642, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 March 2019, at 14:24. His life was the subject of the novel "Flăcăul din Binţinţi" by Constantin Ghiban (published in 1953),[21] and of a movie by Mircea Drăgan (released in 1978). The mug designers used a pictured uploaded to Wikipedia showing another Romanian aviation pioneer, Traian Vuia, which was wrongly labelled as Aurel Vlaicu (Wikipedia upload picture name Aurel Vlaicu avionul).