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