The Arado Ar 199 was a

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aircraft, built by

Arado Flugzeugwerke Arado Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer, originally established as the Warnemünde factory of the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen firm, that produced land-based military aircraft and seaplanes during the First and Second World Wars. Hi ...

. It was a low-wing

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, designed in 1938 to be launched from a

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and operated over water. The enclosed

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had two side-by-side seats for instructor and student, and a third, rear seat, for a trainee-navigator or radio operator. Two of the 5 prototypes, ''D-IFRB'' and ''D-ISBC'' did serve as trainers and were used for

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operations from Northern Norway.

Specifications(Ar 199)

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * {{RLM aircraft designations 1930s German military trainer aircraft Ar 199