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Born in the fall of 1882, on November 19th, Aurel Vlaicu remains a prominent figure in the history of Romania due to his brilliant mind which led him to being the builder of the first Romanian airplane. He was an engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot. He was born in a village in Transylvania ( Bin\u021bin\u021bi ), which was renamed after him in 1927, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He attended a Calvinist high school in Or\u0103\u0219tie, which was also renamed after him, in 1919. In 1902, for two trimesters, he attended courses in Mechanical Engineering in Budapest, before transferring to the Technical University of M\u00fcnchen, where he later graduated. He then spent about a year working in Russelsheim Germany, as an engineer at Opel, in the Engines Section. He hoped that the powerful automotive concern would be interested in building aircrafts. His dream and most ardent desire was to be able to create something extraordinary for his native country. A letter to a friend in Lugoj , written in November 1908 confirms this<\/p>\n
„…Now I want to start working on the flying machine project. The manufacturer …would remunerate me well, but I prefer giving the invention to the Romanian Country. Otherwise, the Germans would put their hands on the invention, and you know that there is no greater, more useful invention than the flying machine… You know that I only live for this and I have to do it<\/a>…”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
His curious, enterprising nature, didn’t allow him to accept the destiny of a simple engineer. So, by the end of 1908, he returned to his native village<\/p>\n
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He built a glider on his own which helped him fly many times to Or\u0103\u0219tie and Bintin\u021bi. Supported by ASTRA Association, he came to Bucharest, at the Military Arsenal, where he built the Vlaicu I monoplane. During his short career, Aurel Vlaicu designed and built one glider and three airplanes based on his own design.<\/p>\n
In 1909, on the meadow at the edge of the Binti\u0163ii village, he performs the first flights with the Vlaicu 1909 glider, rising to heights of 10-15 m over distances of 50-100 m. In October 1909, his model is presented to Spiru Haret, Minister of Education, in the Filaret Exhibition Park (today\u2019s Carol Park) in Bucharest Helped by his many friends – writers like Vlahuta, Emil Garleanu, Stefan O. Iosif, George Cosbuc etc – he built an airplane model that impressed Spiru Haret, the Minister of Instruction. Pleased by the success, the ideas and the tenaciousness of Vlaicu, S. Haret lobbied the Romanian government on his behalf and obtained approval for him to build an airplane, the Vlaicu 1, at the Military Arsenal<\/p>\n
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Consequently, the plane Vlaicu I<\/strong> is built, equipped with 2 coaxial, contra rotating propellers, powered by a 50 HP Gnome rotating engine of French provenance, tested on the Traian Vuia test bed. On June 17th 1910, after a takeoff run of approx. 40 on the Cotroceni Field, the Vlaicu I plane, flown by its creator and builder, rose from the ground to a height of 3-4 m, and after floating in the air cca. 50m, landed smoothly and safely. It executed precisely cornering, both to the right and to the left side while foreign aircrafts did only left turns. It had only one wing while the aeroplanes at that time owned two or three overlapping wings<\/p>\n
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Models 1 and 2 used Gn\u00f4me rotary engines type Omega, with 7 cylinders, star arrangement, maximum power 50 horse power (HP) at 1200 rot per minute They were manufactured by Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Moteurs Gn\u00f4me which changed name in 1914 to Gn\u00f4me et Rh\u00f4ne. In terms of kg\/HP, Gn\u00f4me engines were the most advanced of the time, because of their unique, simple design .However, after 1918, rotary engines were no longer manufactured because of the gyroscopic effect the engine + propellers induced, making the aircraft difficult to control. Vlaicu’s design diminished this gyroscopic effect because the front propeller rotated in the opposite direction and the rear propellers in the same direction as the engine. Moreover, the two propellers, being coaxial, canceled each other’s reaction torque (i.e. a twin rotor helicopter does not need a tail rotor, a design reapplied only years later by Macchi-Castoldi)<\/p>\n
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The Romanian aeroplane invented and piloted by Aurel Vlaicu flew for the first time on Friday, 4th of June 1910. This flight wrote into aeronautical history the name of the first Romanian engineer who invented and built the first plane in Romania. Teaching himself to fly it, Aurel Vlaicu was the first Romanian pilot who flight tested his own airplane. This marks the birth of the Romanian aviation.<\/p>\n
„…The field was rather empty that day, because no announcement has been made; only a few friends and journalists, many children from the neighboring and soldiers in the service showed up. The moment Vlaicu climbed into the nacelle was solemn ; surely people were, just like me, reluctant, afraid for his life. Only HRH Prince Carol approached the aircraft to see how it works from the rudders to the handlebars. A soldier comes and puts the engine in motion. Vlaicu beckons with his hand to the soldiers to let go. With a deafening wheeze, the aeroplane started to roll in a straight line over the smooth field, but did not rise from the Earth … only at his third attempt, suddenly, we see the aeroplane floating in the air, swinging from one side to the other, about a meter away from Earth. On descent, the pilot was applauded and embraced by acquaintances, friends and protectors . HRH Prince Carol shaked his hand \u201cCongratulations Vlaicu, you did fly<\/a>!\u201d\u201d.(Gheorghe Murgoci, \u201ePrimul zbor al lui Vlaicu\u201d, \u201eFlac\u0103ra\u201d , 2nd Year, nr. 48.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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In the autumn of 1910, Aurel Vlaicu began designing a new airplane and built it at the „Arts and Professions School” again with the help of Spiru Haret. Named Vlaicu 2<\/strong>, this significantly improved plane flew at Liberty Field-Blaj, during the 50th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the „Romanian Literature and Culture Association.” He then went on aviation tours in Sibiu, Brasov, Iasi and other national towns, where „Vlaicu 2” set some special performances (flight at 1000m altitude, range speed 90 km\/h, acrobatic trajectory).For all these, he received „Gheorghe Lazar” prize, given by Romania Academics at Spiru Haret proposal.<\/p>\n
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In the summer of 1912, at the international air show from Aspern-Viena, in the company of some of the most famous European pilots, he gained first place for hitting with a projectile a designated target from 300 m high and second place for accurate landing, after French pilot Roland Garros.<\/p>\n
1913 is the year Vlaicu starts designing the third model in his series of powered aircraft- A Vlaicu III<\/strong>. The design was based on his earlier A Vlaicu II, featuring a nacelle underneath a parasol wing housed the pilot and a Gnome Gamma engine. Gears, chains and shafts drove two propellers, one in front of and one behind the wing; these turned in opposite directions to cancel each other’s torque. Like Vlaicu’s other designs, the A. Vlaicu III did not have ailerons. The pilot turned the aircraft by using the rudder, controlled by moving a tiller left or right; to control the elevators and make the aircraft go up and down, a steering wheel attached to the tiller was turned left or right.<\/p>\n
It was the world’s first metal-built aircraft<\/em>, the idea itself being remarkable for the time<\/p>\n
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Learning that another man was also planning to cross the Carpathians, Vlaicu decided not to wait and took off from Bucharest in Vlaicu II. On September 13, 1913 he was flying over the village of B\u0103ne\u0219ti Prahova when the plane crashed, killing him on impact. The causes of that deadly plane crash have not been elucidated until now: either technical malfunction or heart attack. Vlaicu\u2019s medic said that he may have died in the air, being physically exhausted and having a kidney problem, which would had led to a heart attack.<\/p>\n
At the time of Vlaicu’s death in the crash there were two A. Vlaicu IIIs were under construction .The British company Marconi was supposed to receive one for performance evaluation and experimentation with aerial radio, the other was supposed to remain in Romania. After Vlaicu’s death, one of the two aircrafts was completed by his friends Giovanni Magnani and Constantin Silisteanu; and it was ready to fly in May 1914. In 1916, during the German occupation of Bucharest, an A Vlaicu III was seized and shipped to Germany. It was last seen in 1942 at an aviation exhibition in Berlin by Romanian military officers<\/p>\n
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–>June 17, the day of Aurel Vlaicu’s first powered flight, is celebrated as The National Aviation Day of Romania.<\/p>\n
–>The second largest airport in Romania, Aurel Vlaicu-B\u0103neasa International Airport<\/em>, and a YR-ASA<\/em><\/a> registered TAROM Airbus A318-111 are named after him.<\/p>\n
–>Aurel Vlaicu University, a public university founded in 1991 in Arad bears Vlaicu’s name.<\/p>\n
–>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 a plane crash one month after Vlaicu, on October 11, 1913.<\/p>\n
–>A museum was established in his home village, now named Aurel Vlaicu, and a monument was erected near B\u0103ne\u0219ti where he crashed his plane<\/p>\n
–>The 50 Romanian lei banknote<\/a> has a portrait of Vlaicu on the obverse, and on the reverse a drawing of one of his airplanes and a cross-section of the airplane’s engine.<\/p>\n
–>A commemorative 50 bani coin was issued by the Romanian National Bank in 2010.<\/p>\n
–>His life was the subject of a novel „Fl\u0103c\u0103ul din Bin\u0163in\u0163i” by Constantin Ghiban (published in 1953), and of a movie by Mircea Dr\u0103gan (released in 1978)<\/p>\n
*Adapted after http:\/\/www.earlyaviators.com\/evlaicu.htm<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurel_Vlaicu<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n
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N\u0103scut \u00een toamna anului 1882, pe 19 noiembrie, Aurel Vlaicu a r\u0103mas \u00een istoria rom\u00e2nilor ca fiind proiectantul primului avion rom\u00e2nesc. El a fost inginer, inventator, proiectant de avioane si pilot de timpuriu.<\/p>
S-a n\u0103scut \u00eentr-un sat din Transilvania ( Bin\u021bin\u021bi ), redenumit dup\u0103 el \u00een 1927, pe atunci parte a Imperiului Austro-Ungar. A urmat \u00a0un liceu reformat din Or\u0103\u0219tie, de asemenea redenumit dup\u0103 el, \u00een 1919. \u00cen 1902, timp de dou\u0103 trimestre, urmeaz\u0103 cursuri de inginerie mecanic\u0103 \u00een Budapesta, \u00eenainte s\u0103 se transfere la Universitatea Tehnic\u0103 din M\u00fcnchen, unde va absolvi mai t\u00e2rziu. Petrece aproximativ un an \u00een Russelsheim Germania, ca inginer la Opel, \u00een sec\u0163ia de motoare. El a sperat c\u0103 celebrul concern auto va fi interesat de construirea aeronavelor.<\/p>
Visul \u0219i dorin\u021ba lui cele mai arz\u0103toare erau ca rodul str\u0103daniilor p\u00e2n\u0103 la acea v\u00e2rst\u0103 s\u0103 poat\u0103 fi d\u0103ruit neamului care l-a z\u0103mislit. Scrisoarea adresat\u0103 din Russelsheim, la 18 noiembrie 1908, unui prieten din Lugoj este extrem de gr\u0103itoare \u00een aceast\u0103 privin\u021b\u0103:<\/p>
\"...Acum vreau s\u0103 m\u0103 apuc de ma\u0219ina de zburat. Fabricantul\u2026 mi-ar da parale s\u0103 fac ma\u0219ina, dar eu mai bucuros a\u0219 da inven\u021bia \u021b\u0103rii rom\u00e2ne\u0219ti. Altfel pun nem\u021bii m\u00e2na pe inven\u021bie \u0219i tu \u0219tii bine c\u0103 o inven\u021bie mai ideal\u0103 \u0219i mai folositoare ca ma\u0219ina de zburat nu este.\u2026.Tu \u0219tii c\u0103 eu numai pentru ma\u0219ina de zburat tr\u0103iesc \u0219i trebuie s-o fac<\/a>...\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>
Firea sa curioas\u0103, intreprinzatoare\u00a0 nu l-a lasat sa-si accepte destinul de simplu inginer. Astfel, la sf\u00e2r\u0219itul anului 1908, se \u00eentoarce \u00een satul natal.<\/p>
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Pe cont propriu a construit un planor care l-a ajutat s\u0103 zboare de mai multe ori spre Or\u0103\u0219tie \u0219i Bintin\u021bi. Sus\u021binut de Asocia\u021bia ASTRA, vine la Bucure\u0219ti, unde la Arsenalul Militar construie\u0219te avionul Vlaicu I. \u00cen timpul carierei sale scurte, Aurel Vlaicu a proiectat \u0219i construit un planor \u0219i trei avioane, pornind de la un design propriu.<\/p>
\u00cen 1909, pe lunca de la marginea satului Binti\u021bii, el efectueaz\u0103 primele zboruri cu planorul Vlaicu 1909, \u00een\u0103l\u021b\u00e2ndu-se la \u00een\u0103l\u021bimi de 10-15 m pe distan\u021be de 50-100 m. \u00cen octombrie 1909, modelul este prezentat ministrului educa\u021biei Spiru Haret, \u00een Parcul Expozi\u021bional Filaret (Parcul Carol de ast\u0103zi) din Bucure\u0219ti. Cu ajutorul multor prieteni - scriitori precum Vlahuta, Emil Garleanu, Stefan O. Iosif, George Cosbuc etc. - a construit un model de avion care l-a impresionat pe Spiru Haret, ministrul instruirii. Mul\u021bumit de succesul, ideile \u0219i tenacitatea lui Vlaicu, S. Haret a curtat guvernul rom\u00e2n \u00een numele s\u0103u \u0219i a ob\u021binut aprobarea de a construi un avion, Vlaicu 1, la Arsenalul Militar.<\/p>
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\u00cen consecin\u021b\u0103, este construit avionul Vlaicu I,<\/strong> echipat cu 2 elice coaxiale, contra rotative, propulsate de un motor de rota\u021bie de 50 CP Gnome de provenien\u021b\u0103 francez\u0103, testat pe patul de testare Traian Vuia. La 17 iunie 1910, dup\u0103 un rulaj de aprox. 40 m pe C\u00e2mpia Cotroceni, avionul Vlaicu I, pilotat de creatorul \u0219i constructorul s\u0103u, se ridica de la sol la o \u00een\u0103l\u021bime de 3-4 m. Pluteste \u00een aer cca. 50m, dupa care\u00a0 aterizeaza f\u0103r\u0103 probleme \u0219i \u00een siguran\u021b\u0103. A executat precis virajele, at\u00e2t \u00een \u200b\u200bdreapta, c\u00e2t \u0219i \u00een st\u00e2nga, \u00een timp ce aeronavele str\u0103ine puteau executa numai pe partea stanga. Avea o singur\u0103 arip\u0103, \u00een timp ce avioanele de atunci aveau dou\u0103 sau trei aripi suprapuse.<\/p>
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Modelele 1 \u0219i 2 au folosit motoarele rotative Gn\u00f4me de tip Omega, cu 7 cilindri, aranjament stea, puterea maxim\u0103 fiind de 50 de cai putere (HP) la 1200 rot \/ min. Acestea au fost fabricate de Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Moteurs Gn\u00f4me, care \u0219i-a schimbat denumirea \u00een 1914 la Gn\u00f4me et Rh\u00f4ne. \u00cen ceea ce prive\u0219te raportul kg \/ cp, motoarele Gn\u00f4me au fost cele mai avansate la vremea respectiva gratie designului unic \u0219i simplu. Cu toate acestea, dup\u0103 anul 1918, motoarele rotative nu mai erau fabricate din cauza efectului giroscopic indus de motorul + elice, dificil de controlat. Designul lui Vlaicu a diminuat acest efect giroscopic, deoarece elicea frontal\u0103 se rotea \u00een direc\u021bie opus\u0103, iar elicele din spate \u00een aceea\u0219i direc\u021bie cu motorul. Mai mult dec\u00e2t at\u00e2t, cele dou\u0103 elici, fiind coaxiale, au anulat cuplul reciproc de reac\u021bie (de ex un elicopter cu rotor dublu nu are nevoie de un rotor de coad\u0103, un model reaplicat numai dup\u0103 mai mul\u021bi ani de Macchi-Castoldi)<\/p>
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Avionul rom\u00e2nesc inventat \u0219i pilotat de Aurel Vlaicu a zburat pentru prima dat\u0103 vineri, 4 iunie 1910. Acest zbor a scris \u00een istoria aeronautic\u0103 numele primului inginer rom\u00e2n care a inventat \u0219i a construit primul avion \u00een Rom\u00e2nia. \u00cenv\u0103\u021b\u00e2ndu-se s\u0103 il zboare, Aurel Vlaicu a fost primul pilot rom\u00e2n care a testat propriul avion. Ia na\u0219tere astfel avia\u021bia rom\u00e2neasc\u0103.<\/p>
\"...Pe c\u00e2mp era pu\u0163in\u0103 lume \u00een ziua aceea, pentru c\u0103 nu se anun\u0163ase \u00eencercarea de a zbura; doar c\u00e2\u0163iva prieteni \u015fi gazetari, mai mul\u0163i copii din mahalaua vecin\u0103 \u015fi solda\u0163ii de serviciu erau prezenti. C\u00e2nd Vlaicu s-a suit \u00een nacel\u0103 a fost un moment solemn; sunt sigur c\u0103 to\u0163i aveau, ca \u015fi mine, o tremur\u0103tur\u0103 de inim\u0103 pentru via\u0163a lui Vlaicu \u015fi \u015fedeau mu\u0163i, nemi\u015fca\u0163i; doar principele Carol s-a apropiat de aeroplan s\u0103 vad\u0103 cum func\u0163ioneaz\u0103 ghidonul pentru c\u00e2rme. Un soldat vine \u015fi pune motorul \u00een mi\u015fcare. Vlaicu face semn cu m\u00e2na solda\u0163ilor ce \u0163ineau coada aparatului s\u0103-i dea drumul. Cu un v\u00e2j\u00e2it asurzitor, aeroplanul o ia la goan\u0103 \u00een linie dreapt\u0103 peste c\u00e2mpul neted, dar nu se \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 de la p\u0103m\u00e2nt \u2026abia la a treia \u00eencercare, deodata, vedem avionul plutind in aer, leganandu-se de pe o parte pe alta, cam la un metru distanta de Pamant. La aterizare, este aplaudat si imbratisat de cunostinte, prieteni, protectori. Principele Carol \u00eei iese \u00eenainte \u015fi-i str\u00e2nge m\u00e2na:Bravo, Vlaicule! Ai zburat<\/a>\u201d.(Gheorghe Murgoci, \u201ePrimul zbor al lui Vlaicu\u201d, \u00een revista \u201eFlac\u0103ra\u201d, anul II, nr. 48.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>
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\u00cen toamna anului 1910, Aurel Vlaicu a \u00eenceput proiectarea unui nou avion pe care l-a construit la \"\u0218coala de Arte \u0219i Profesii\" (actualul local Polizu al Universit\u0103\u021bii \"Politehnica\" Bucure\u0219ti) , din nou cu ajutorul lui Spiru Haret. Numit Vlaicu 2<\/strong>, acest avion semnificativ imbunatatit a zburat de pe C\u0103mpul Libert\u0103\u021bii-Blaj, \u00een cadrul anivers\u0103rii a 50 de ani de la \u00eenfiin\u021barea Asocia\u021biei de Literatur\u0103 \u0219i Cultur\u0103 Rom\u00e2n\u0103. Au urmat apoi tururi de avia\u021bie \u00een Sibiu, Bra\u0219ov, Ia\u0219i \u0219i alte ora\u0219e na\u021bionale, unde \"Vlaicu 2\" a organizat c\u00e2teva spectacole speciale (zbor la altitudinea de 1000m, viteza de 90 km \/ h, traseul acrobatic). Pentru toate acestea, Academia Rom\u00e2n\u0103 i-a acordat premiul \"Gheorghe Lazar:, la propunerea lui Spiru Haret.<\/p>
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\u00cen vara anului 1912, la expozi\u021bia aerian\u0103 interna\u021bional\u0103 de la Aspern-Viena, \u00een compania unora dintre cei mai renumi\u021bi pilo\u021bi europeni, a c\u00e2\u0219tigat primul loc pentru lovirea cu un proiectil a unei \u021binte desemnate de la \u00een\u0103l\u021bimea de 300 m \u0219i locul al doilea pentru aterizarea corect\u0103, dup\u0103 pilotul francez Roland Garros.<\/p>
1913-anul \u00een care t\u00e2n\u0103rul aviator demareaz\u0103 construc\u021bia unui nou model- A.Vlaicu III<\/strong>. Proiectul a fost bazat pe modelul s\u0103u anterior Vlaicu II, care avea o nacel\u0103 sub aripa de parasol care g\u0103zduia pilotul \u0219i un motor Gnome Gamma. Lan\u021burile controlau dou\u0103 elice, una \u00een fa\u021ba \u0219i una \u00een spatele aripii; acestea se \u00eentorceau \u00een direc\u021bii opuse pentru a anula cuplul celeilalte . Ca \u0219i celelalte modele ale lui Vlaicu, A. Vlaicu III nu avea eleroane. Pilotul manevra aeronava folosind c\u00e2rma, controlat\u0103 prin deplasarea unei osii spre st\u00e2nga sau spre dreapta; pentru a controla ascensoarele \u0219i pentru a face avionul s\u0103 urce \u0219i s\u0103 coboare, un volan ata\u0219at la osie era intors la st\u00e2nga sau la dreapta.<\/p>
A fost prima aeronav\u0103 construit\u0103 din metal<\/em>, ideea in sine fiind remarcabil\u0103 pentru acea vreme<\/p>
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Auzind c\u0103 altcineva inten\u021biona s\u0103 traverseze Carpa\u021bii, Vlaicu a decis s\u0103 nu a\u0219tepte \u0219i a decolat din Bucure\u0219ti \u00een \"Vlaicu II\". La 13 septembrie 1913 zbura peste satul Banesti Prahova, c\u00e2nd avionul s-a pr\u0103bu\u0219it, ucig\u00e2ndu-l \u00een impact. Cauzele acestui accident de avion mortal nu au fost elucidate p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een prezent: defec\u021biuni tehnice sau atac de cord. Medicul lui Vlaicu a spus c\u0103 pesemne a murit \u00een aer, fiind epuizat fizic \u0219i av\u00e2nd o problem\u0103 la rinichi, ceea ce ar fi dus la un atac de cord.<\/p>
La momentul decesului lui Vlaicu ,doua A. Vlaicu III erau in constructie. Compania britanic\u0103 Marconi trebuia s\u0103 primeasc\u0103 unul pentru evaluarea performan\u021belor \u0219i experimentarea cu radio-ul aerian, cealalt\u0103 trebuia s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een Rom\u00e2nia. Dup\u0103 moartea lui Vlaicu, una dintre cele dou\u0103 avioane a fost finisata de prietenii s\u0103i Giovanni Magnani \u0219i Constantin Silisteanu; \u0219i a fost gata s\u0103 zboare \u00een mai 1914. \u00cen 1916, \u00een timpul ocupa\u021biei germane a Bucure\u0219tiului, un A Vlaicu III a fost confiscat \u0219i transportat \u00een Germania. A fost v\u0103zut\u0103 ultima dat\u0103 \u00een 1942 la o expozi\u021bie de avia\u021bie din Berlin de c\u0103tre ofi\u021berii militari rom\u00e2ni.<\/p>
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Trivia<\/strong><\/p>
-->17 iunie, ziua primului zbor al lui Aurel Vlaicu, este s\u0103rb\u0103torit\u0103 ca Ziua Na\u021bional\u0103 a Avia\u021biei din Rom\u00e2nia .<\/p>
-->Al doilea aeroport ca marime din Romania, Aeroportul International Aurel Vlaicu-Baneasa<\/em> si un TAROM Airbus A318-111<\/em> inmatriculat YR-ASA<\/a><\/em> sunt denumite dupa el.<\/p>
-->Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu, o universitate public\u0103 \u00eenfiin\u021bat\u0103 \u00een 1991 \u00een Arad poart\u0103 numele lui Vlaicu.<\/p>
-->Numele lui este listat al doilea pe Memorialul Rom\u00e2nilor Eroi din Bucure\u0219ti, dup\u0103 Gheorghe Caranda \u0219i \u00een fa\u021ba prietenului \u0219i colegului s\u0103u pilot, Gheorghe Negel, care a murit \u00eentr-un accident de avion la o lun\u0103 de la Vlaicu, la 11 octombrie 1913.<\/p>
-->Un muzeu a fost \u00eenfiin\u021bat \u00een satul natal, numit acum Aurel Vlaicu , \u0219i un monument a fost ridicat l\u00e2ng\u0103 B\u0103ne\u0219ti, unde \u0219i-a pr\u0103bu\u0219it avionul.<\/p>
-->Bancnota de 50 lei<\/a> are un portret al lui Vlaicu pe avers, iar pe verso un desen al avionului s\u0103u \u0219i o sec\u021biune transversal\u0103 a motorului avionului.<\/p>
-->O moned\u0103 comemorativ\u0103 de 50 de bani a fost emis\u0103 de Banca Na\u021bional\u0103 a Rom\u00e2niei \u00een anul 2010.<\/p>
-->Via\u021ba lui a fost subiectul unui roman \"Fl\u0103c\u0103ul din Bin\u021bin\u021bi\" al lui Constantin Ghiban (publicat \u00een 1953), \u00a0\u0219i al unui film al lui Mircea Dr\u0103gan (lansat \u00een 1978<\/p>
*Adaptare dup\u0103\u00a0http:\/\/www.earlyaviators.com\/evlaicu.htm<\/em><\/a> \u0219i\u00a0https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurel_Vlaicu<\/em><\/a><\/p>
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