Arado Ar 69 Explained

The Arado Ar 69 was a two-seat German beginner's school and sport biplane with an open cockpit, developed in 1933 by Arado Flugzeugwerke.

Design & development

Three prototypes were built, the Ar 69 V1 and Ar 69 V2 were powered by 78kW Hirth HM 504A engines and the V3 was powered by a BMW Bramo Sh.14a radial engine. Featuring swept wings constructed from wood, and a welded steel tube fuselage, the V1 and V2 represented the planned Ar 69A production aircraft, and the V3 would have evolved into the Ar69B production model.[1] No production aircraft were built, due to the success of the rival Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arado Ar 69. Wehrmacht-History. 25 September 2017. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181105/http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/luftwaffe/trainers/arado-ar-69-trainer.htm. dead.