Kārlis Irbītis

Kārlis Irbītis
Born (1904-10-14)October 14, 1904
Lāde Parish, Russian Empire (Now  Latvia)
Died October 13, 1997(1997-10-13) (aged 92)
Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Latvian
Occupation Airplane designer
Known for VEF I-16
Awards Bronze medal from the Latvian Aeroclub (1938)
McCurdy Award for the VSTOL CL-84 project (1970)

Kārlis Irbītis (October 14, 1904, Lāde parish, Governorate of Livonia – October 13, 1997, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) was a Latvian aeroplane designer.

His greatest successes, for the VEF Factory, were the sports plane VEF I-12 (1935) and the monoplane VEF I-16 (1939), used as a fighter. 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 (1950).

Aircraft Designed by Kārlis Irbītis

VEF I-16
  • Irbītis I-1 Sprīdītis – sport, single-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis (P.2, I.1) 1925
  • Irbītis I-2 Ikars / N. Pūliņš & K. Irbītis (P.3, I.2)
  • Irbītis I-3 – by Herberts Runka[1]
  • 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

VEF Factory

Other

  • CL-84 – world’s first successful tilt-wing aircraft / Canadair 1965


  1. ↑ "Herberts Runka". LatvianAviation.com.
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