Rudolf Fizir
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Rudolf Fizir (1891-1960) was an airplane constructor. Born in small town Ludbreg on river Drava, north of Croatia. He has built 18 original planes, some redesigns of planes to allow them land on water surface - and a parachute.
With two-wing aircraft Fizir built 1925 he won the first prize in Petite Entente contest 1927. Later on he made the brand of his name in serial aircraft production cooperating with companies world known companies: the Fizir-Mercedes, the Fizir-Wright, the Fizir-Titan, the Fizir-Kastor, the Fizir-Gypsi, and the half-metallic Fizir-Jupiter.
His excellent smart designs, almost all wooden, were very economic to produce, low budget, counting on low economic power of (pre-WW II) Kingdom of Yugoslavia, wartime Croatia (Independent State of Croatia) and post-WW II Yugoslavia. Due that time his constructions were acknowledged and praised specially in Germany and France. He had a strong affiliation for school machines and hydroplanes, having the idea of connecting Adriatic islands (see the List of islands in the Adriatic) with regular hydroplane lines. He also constructed a tourist aircraft as early as 1935. His great success was Fizir FN, two-wing, two-seat aircraft with double commands (more than hundred planes produced) was used as instruction plane even 30 years after the end of the WW2.
Rudolf Fizir was awarded with Paul Tissandier diploma from F. A. I. (Fédération Aeronautique Internationale) for achievements in aviation.
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Comprehensive biography in Croatian
Comprehensive biography in English
Some of airplanes