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Proto 1
Romanian training biplane
Proto 1 was a training biplane designed by Major Ștefan Protopopescu in collaboration with Dumitru Baziliu and Gheorghe Ticău at Arsenalul Aeronautic in Bucharest in 1922. It was the first Romanian airplane to be built in a specialized enterprise.[1][2]
The first experimental flights were carried out by its designer, Ștefan Protopopescu, who held the Romanian pilot licence No.1.