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The Udet U 12 Flamingo was an aerobatic sports plane and trainer aircraft developed in Germany in the mid-1920s.

U 12 Flamingo
D-EOSM of the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany. This replica has a Sh 14 engine, a later, more powerful version of the Siemens-Halske engines fitted to original U 12s.
Role Civil trainer aircraft
Manufacturer Udet Flugzeugbau, BFW and others under licence
Designer Hans Herrmann
First flight 1925
Number built ca. 300

Design and development


The U 12 was a conventional, single-bay biplane of wooden construction with the wings braced by large I-struts. The pilot and instructor or passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. The U 12 proved extremely popular and sold well, due in no small part to Ernst Udet's spectacular aerobatics routines while flying the aircraft. One particularly acclaimed part of his act included swooping down towards the airfield and picking up a handkerchief with the tip of one wing.[1] The popularity of this aircraft was insufficient to rescue Udet Flugzeugbau from its dire financial position, but when the company's assets were taken over by the state of Bavaria to form BFW, production of the U 12 soon resumed in earnest. BFW-built U 12s were exported to Austria, Hungary and Latvia, and later built under licence in these countries as well.

Udet in rear seat
Udet in rear seat

Variants



Germany



Austria


20 aircraft produced by Fliegerwerft Thalerhof


Hungary


Forty aircraft produced by KRG and another 40 by Manfred Weiss Works. Some examples armed and used for fighter or bomber training


Operators


 Austria
 Hungary
 Latvia

Survivors


Udet Flamingo replica built in 1993
Udet Flamingo replica built in 1993

No original aircraft are known to exist. An airworthy replica was kept at the Deutsches Museum but crashed at the 2013 Tannkosh event.[2]


Specifications (U 12a)


Udet U-12 Flamingo 3-view drawing from Aero Digest November 1927
Udet U-12 Flamingo 3-view drawing from Aero Digest November 1927

General characteristics

Performance


References


  1. Air Trails: 49. Winter 1971. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=158981 Aviation Safety Net website



На других языках


[de] Udet U 12

Die Udet U 12 Flamingo war ein beliebtes deutsches Sport- und Schulflugzeug der 1920er und 1930er Jahre.
- [en] Udet U 12 Flamingo

[it] Udet U 12

L'Udet U 12 "Flamingo" fu un aereo da turismo e addestramento biposto, monomotore e biplano, sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica tedesca Udet Flugzeugbau GmbH nei primi anni venti e prodotto, oltre che dalla stessa, dalla Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (BFW) che la assorbì, e anche su licenza in Austria e Ungheria.



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