page_title: Kārlis Irbītis
section_title: Aircraft Designed by Kārlis Irbītis
hierarchical_section_title: Kārlis Irbītis / Aircraft Designed by Kārlis Irbītis
caption_attribution_description: Latvian fighter Vef I-16. Build in 1939 by latvian aviation engineer Kārlis Irbītis.
context_page_description: Kārlis Irbītis was a Latvian aeroplane designer.
  His greatest successes, for the VEF Factory, were the sports plane VEF I-12 and the monoplane VEF I-16, 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.
context_section_description: 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
  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 
  Irbītis VEF I-11 – sport (low-wing distance racer)
  Irbītis VEF I-12 – trainer 2-seat, converted to single-seater
  Irbītis VEF I-14 – sport (low-wing racer)
  Irbītis VEF I-15a – trainer military single-seat
  Irbītis VEF I-15b – bomber
  Irbītis VEF I-16 – fighter
  Irbītis VEF I-17-1 – trainer military 2-seat
  Irbītis VEF I-17-2 – trainer military 2-seat (engine Shvetsov M-11)
  Irbītis VEF I-18 – sport trainer by Latvia Aeroclub
  Irbītis VEF I-19 – fighter project
  Other
  CL-84 – world’s first successful tilt-wing aircraft / Canadair 1965
caption: VEF I-16
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