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Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau was an airplane factory located in Berlin, Germany and founded in 1922 by Dr.-Ing Adolf Rohrbach. Rohrbach was a pioneer in building airplanes based on the metal stressed skin principle.
At the time of the early aircraft production the Versailles Treaty forbade the construction and export of large aircraft in Germany, so Rohrbach set up a Danish company, the 'Rohrbach-Metall-Aeroplan Co. A/S', to build the early Rohrbach aircraft. The strict regulation of the aircraft industry was relaxed in 1926 allowing the Rohrbach series to be built at the Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH factory in Berlin.
The company enjoyed only limited commercial success, with the Rohrbach Roland ten-seat airliner as its only model built in any quantity. By 1934 the company was taken over by
* Rohrbach RoI
* Rohrbach Ro II 1923
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Rohrbach
Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau was an airplane factory located in Berlin, Germany and founded in 1922 by Dr.-Ing Adolf Rohrbach. Rohrbach was a pioneer in building airplanes based on the metal stressed skin principle.
At the time of the early aircraft production the Versailles Treaty forbade the construction and export of large aircraft in Germany, so Rohrbach set up a Danish company, the 'Rohrbach-Metall-Aeroplan Co. A/S', to build the early Rohrbach aircraft. The strict regulation of the aircraft industry was relaxed in 1926 allowing the Rohrbach series to be built at the Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH factory in Berlin.
The company enjoyed only limited commercial success, with the Rohrbach Roland ten-seat airliner as its only model built in any quantity. By 1934 the company was taken over by Weser Flugzeugbau
Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH, known as Weserflug, was an aircraft manufacturing company in Germany.
History
The company was founded in 1934 as a subsidiary of the ship and machine company Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (DESCHIMAG). It began prod ...
, where Adolf Rohrbach became technical director.
Models
* Rohrbach RoI
* Rohrbach Ro II 1923
* Rohrbach Ro III
The Rohrbach Ro III was a twin-engined, all-metal flying boat built in Germany in the mid-1920s. A development of the Ro II, it could be configured either as an airliner or a reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed into the similar but more pow ...
1927
* Rohrbach Ro IIIa Rodra
* Rohrbach Ro IV Inverness
The Rohrbach Ro IV, also known as the Beardmore BeRo.2 Inverness was an all-metal monoplane flying boat of the 1920s. Designed by the German company Rohrbach for the British Royal Air Force, two were ordered, one completed by Rohrbach's Danish su ...
1925
* Rohrbach Ro V Rocco
Rohrbach Ro V was a seaplane manufactured by the Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau company in Berlin, Germany. Only one was built, in 1927. It was delivered to Severa GmbH for comparison flights with the Dornier Do J "Superwal" and as a seaplane trainer. ...
1927
* Rohrbach Ro VI
The Beardmore Inflexible, also known as the Rohrbach Ro VI, was a three-engined all-metal prototype bomber aircraft built by William Beardmore and Company at Dalmuir, Scotland.
Design and development
William Beardmore and Company had acquired ...
or the 'Beardmore Inflexible
The Beardmore Inflexible, also known as the Rohrbach Ro VI, was a three-engined all-metal prototype bomber aircraft built by William Beardmore and Company at Dalmuir, Scotland.
Design and development
William Beardmore and Company had acquired ...
' 1928, one built in the UK by William Beardmore & Co
* Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe 1926
* Rohrbach Ro VIII Roland 1926
* Rohrbach Ro IX Rofix
The Rohrbach Ro IX "Rofix" was a German all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft designed in February 1924 by Kurt Tank for Rohrbach.
History
The initial order for the aircraft was for two test aircraft, with a view of producing 50. Construction beg ...
1927
* Rohrbach Ro X Romar 1927
* Rohrbach Ro XI Rostra
The Rohrbach Ro XI Rostra was a flying boat built in Germany in 1928 for use as a transatlantic mail plane.
Design and development
The Ro XI shared the same general configuration its predecessor, the Ro V Rocco: a conventional, high-wing flyin ...
1928
References
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External links
* http://www.xs4all.nl/~androom/biography/p012524.htm * http://www.histaviation.com/Rohrbach_Ro_II.html * http://www.histaviation.com/Rohrbach.html Rohrbach * http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/2008/06/04/german-flying-boats-part-1-1914-1935/4/ * {{Authority control Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany