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The Air Force Application School "Aurel Vlaicu" (Școala de Aplicație pentru Forțele Aeriene "Aurel Vlaicu"), also known as Boboc Air Base, is the Romanian Air Force Application School based at Boboc, Buzău County. Originally located at the Boboc airfield starting from 1939, the school was re-established as the "Aurel Vlaicu" Aviation ...
Air Force Application School "Aurel Vlaicu" Boboc: Buzău: Henri Coandă Air Force Academy Brașov-Ghimbav: Brașov: Closed. Airfield County Balaci: Teleorman: Boteni:
The school closed in late 1912 due to financial difficulties, having trained six officers, but only licensed two. [ 29 ] In November 1909, the Romanian Minister of War commissioned Aurel Vlaicu to build the A Vlaicu I airplane at the Bucharest Army Arsenal which first flew on 17 June 1910.
Aurel Vlaicu was born in the village of Binținți in Transylvania, Austria-Hungary. In 1925, by then part of Romania, it was renamed Aurel Vlaicu, and is now part of Geoagiu town. He attended a Calvinist high school in Orăștie (renamed Aurel Vlaicu High School in his honor in 1919) and took his baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902.
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The Romanian Ministry of War provided an initial grant of 2000 lei, and Minister of Public Education was paying Vlaicu a 300 lei monthly stipend. The A. Vlaicu Nr. I flew for the first time on June 17, 1910, over Cotroceni airfield. [2] For his design, Aurel Vlaicu was granted in 1911 patents: AT60800, CH54597, DK15328, FR422554 and GB191026658.
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