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Kārlis Irbītis
Kārlis Irbītis (October 14, 1904, in Limbaži municipality, Lāde parish, Governorate of Livonia – October 13, 1997, in Saint-Laurent (borough), Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) was a Latvian aeroplane designer. His greatest successes, for the VEF Factory, were the sports plane VEF I-12 (1935) and the monoplane VEF I-16 (1939), used as a fighter. After World War II, when he had emigrated to Canada, he was the designer of the experimental Canadian VTOL, vertical landing and take-off aeroplane, the CL-84 (1950). Aircraft designed by Kārlis Irbītis * Irbītis I-1 ''Sprīdītis'' – sport, single-seat / Nikolajs Pūliņš & Kārlis Irbītis (P.2, I.1) 1925 * Irbītis I-2 ''Ikars'' / N. Pūliņš & K. Irbītis (P.3, I.2) * Irbītis I-3 – by Herberts Runka * Irbītis I-4 ''Vanadziņš'' / A.S. ″Christine Backman″ * Irbītis I-5 ''Ikars II'' – trainer 2-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš * Irbītis I-6 ''Gambija'' – trainer single-seat by Nikolajs Pūliņš * Irbītis I-7 ''Zil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limbaži Municipality
Limbaži Municipality ( lv, Limbažu novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Katvari Parish, Limbaži Parish, Pāle Parish, Skulte Parish, Umurga Parish, Vidriži Parish, Viļķene Parish and Limbaži town, the administrative centre being Limbaži. On 1 July 2021, Limbaži Municipality was enlarged when Aloja Municipality and Salacgrīva Municipality were merged into it. Since that date, Limbaži Municipality consists of the following administrative units: Ainaži Parish, Ainaži town, Aloja Parish, Aloja town, Braslava Parish, Brīvzemnieki Parish, Katvari Parish, Liepupe Parish, Limbaži Parish, Limbaži town, Pāle Parish, Salacgrīva Parish, Salacgrīva town, Skulte Parish, Staicele Parish, Staicele town, Umurga Parish, Vidriži Parish and Viļķene Parish. Latvian law defines the entire territory of Limbaži Municipality as a part of the region of Vidzeme. Population More than 17,000 inhabitants live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |