The Arado Ar 76 was a German aircraft of the 1930s, designed as a light fighter with a secondary role as an advanced trainer in mind.[1]
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Arado Ar 76 V3 photo from Le Pontentiel Aérien Mondial 1936 | |
Role | Fighter Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Arado |
Designer | Walter Blume[1] |
First flight | April 1934[1] |
Introduction | 1936 |
Primary user | Luftwaffe |
Number built | 189[2] |
Arado's response to a requirement by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) for a light / emergency fighter aircraft, was the Ar 76 which was evaluated against the Heinkel He 74, Focke-Wulf Fw 56, the Henschel Hs 121 and Hs 125 in 1935. Although the Fw 56 was selected for the main production contract, the RLM was sufficiently impressed by the Ar 76 to order a small number of production aircraft as well.[1]
The Ar 76 was a parasol-wing monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The wings were constructed of fabric-covered wood, and the fuselage was fabric-covered steel tube.[1]
Production Ar 76A aircraft were used by Jagdfliegerschulen (fighter pilot schools) from 1936.[1]
Data from:[1]
Data from Aircraft of the Third Reich,[1] Flugzeug Typenbuch 1936[3]
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