DAVID J. GAUTHIER MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 9278. Arado V I (D-1594 c/n 47) Luft Hansa
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Arado V I

09/30/2009. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "In 1921 Heinrich Lübbe formed the Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH at Warnemünde, Germany, starting aircraft production in 1924, after the arrival of Walter Rethel as chief constructor. In 1925 the company was renamed Arado Handels Geselschaft mbH. As most aircraft were for export, a branch was opened in Yugoslavia, named Ikarus.

Designed and constructed in 1927, the Arado V I was a prototype airliner of conventional layout, that made several long-distance flights before it was displayed at the ILA, held at Berlin, Germany, October 7-28, 1928.

The aircraft was described in the October 18, 1928 edition of "Flight-The Aircraft Engineer and Airships" (world's oldest continuously-published aviation news magazine, now known as Flight International), transcribed here as follows:

Created September 30, 2009