- Radu Manicatide
Radu Manicatide (
April 17 ,1912 ,Iaşi —March 18 ,2004 ,Bucharest ) was aRomania n engineer and aircraft constructor.He obtained an engineering degree from the
University Politehnica of Bucharest , and then pursued his studies atÉcole supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile (ESTACA), inParis . In 1939, he started working atIndustria Aeronautică Română (IAR), inBraşov . There, he contributed to the design of theIAR-27 ,IAR-37 , andIAR-80 aircraft, and in the production under license of theIAR-79 (withSavoia-Marchetti ,Italy ) and Me-109 (withMesserschmitt ,Germany ) fighter aircraft.In 1945, he designed the
M.R. car.External links
* http://www.agir.ro/articol.php?id_articol=658
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