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First or record · 10.10.1931

Rakvere builds the first Estonian aeroplane

Rakveres ehitatakse esimest Eesti lennukit

In autumn 1931 the Rakvere aviation society, led by the army pilot Captain Lätte, began building what the papers called the first aeroplane made in Estonia. It was a two-seat sport and training plane with folding wings, seven metres long with a nine-metre wingspan, put together in the joiner Bachmann's workshop. Everything except the engine was to be home-grown: the frame was wood, skinned with thin plywood from the Luther factory, and the wings were to be covered in Estonian linen. The builders searched long for timber dense enough, finally finding it on a farm at Venevere.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1931. aasta sügisel hakkas Rakvere õhuasjanduse ühing kaitseväe lenduri kapten Lätte eestvedamisel ehitama lennukit, mida ajalehed nimetasid esimeseks Eestis ehitatavaks lennukiks. See oli kokkupandavate tiibadega kaheistmeline sport- ja õppelennuk, seitse meetrit pikk ja üheksameetrise tiivaulatusega, ning seda pandi kokku tisler Bachmanni töökojas. Kõik peale mootori pidi olema kodumaine: kere oli puust ja kaetud Lutheri vabriku õhukese vineeriga, tiivad kavatseti katta Eesti linase riidega. Piisavalt tihedat puitu otsiti kaua ja leiti lõpuks ühest Venevere talust.

Map of the area around Rakvere builds the first Estonian aeroplane
59.34660° N, 26.35530° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Postimees, 10 October 1931, p. 1 (DIGAR) ↗

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