The ANBO I was a single-seat aircraft developed in Lithuania, proposed as a trainer for the Army It was a low-wing, braced monoplane of conventional tailwheel configuration. The fuselage structure was of fabric-covered welded steel tube, The wing had a wooden, two-spar structure and was fabric covered but the fuselage, also fabric covered, had a welded steel tube structure.[1]

ANBO I
Role	Prototype trainer aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius
Designer	Antanas Gustaitis
First flight	14 July 1925
Retired	1935
Number built	1
Developed into	ANBO II

The first flight took place in 1925. Ten years later the aircraft was sold to Lithuanian Aviation Museum in Kaunas where it is exhibited today.[2][3]

Operators

 Lithuania

• Lithuanian Air Force

Specifications

Data from Les Ailes, November 1925[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Height: 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 11.40 m² (122.7 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 190 kg (419 lb) equipped
• Gross weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 35 kg (77 lb) fuel and oil
• Powerplant: 1 × Anzani 3-cylinder radial, 30 kW (40 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Dorand, 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 142 km/h (88 mph, 77 kn) at ground level
• Endurance: 4 hr
• Service ceiling: 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
• Time to altitude: 7 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
• Take-off distance: 30 m (98 ft)
• Landing distance: 40 m (130 ft)

References

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Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.

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