ANBO I
# ANBO I

The ANBO I was a single-seat aircraft developed in Lithuania, proposed as a trainer for the Army It was a low-wing, braced monoplane of conventional tailwheel configuration. The fuselage structure was of fabric-covered welded steel tube, The wing had a wooden, two-spar structure and was fabric covered but the fuselage, also fabric covered, had a welded steel tube structure.

The first flight took place in 1925. Ten years later the aircraft was sold to Lithuanian Aviation Museum in Kaunas where it is exhibited today.

## Operators

### Lithuania

* Lithuanian Air Force

## Specifications

Data from Les Ailes, November 1925

General characteristics

* Crew: One
* Length: 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
* Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
* Height: 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
* Wing area: 11.40 $m^2$ (122.7 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 190 kg (419 lb) equipped
* Gross weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
* Fuel capacity: 35 kg (77 lb) fuel and oil
* Powerplant: 1 × Anzani 3-cylinder radial, 30 kW (40 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed Dorand, 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) diameter

Performance

* Maximum speed: 142 km/h (88 mph, 77 kn) at ground level
* Endurance: 4 hr
* Service ceiling: 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
* Time to altitude: 7 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
* Take-off distance: 30 m (98 ft)
* Landing distance: 40 m (130 ft)
