A Vlaicu II

[1] Vlaicu won prizes totaling 7,500 Austro-Hungarian krone for precision landing, projectile throwing and tight flying around a pole.

On return from Aspern he performed demonstration flights throughout Transylvania at Arad, Lugoj, Hațeg, Orăștie, Vršac, Alba Iulia, Săliște, Târgu Mureș and Dumbrăveni.

It was destroyed on September 13, 1913, in the crash that cost Aurel Vlaicu his life, when he attempted to make the first flight across the Carpathian Mountains.

Between 2004 and 2008 a replica of the A Vlaicu II airplane was built by Fundaţia Aerospaţială Română and Romaero in Bucharest on a budget of approximately 200,000 EUR.

Other scale models have been built during the last 50 years by amateurs and are on display at various Romanian museums, and in the departure hallway of the Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest.

A. Vlaicu Nr. II viewed from behind.
A. Vlaicu II wreckage at Bănești
Parts of A. Vlaicu II airplane recovered from the crash site
A Vlaicu II 2008 replica.