GEORGE G. FERNIC – 1900-1930 / Tandem-Wing Monoplane












GEORGE G. FERNIC – 1900-1930 / Tandem-Wing Monoplane

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www.aviatori.ro/v2/dict_pers.php?sel=F

Romanian-born, Fernic emigrated to Germany then the U.S. in 1927 where he developed a “tandem-wing” monoplane aircraft and founded the Fernic Aircraft Corporation of Staten Island, New York.

Other Romanian aircraft pioneers:

Traian Vuia (1906 – First landing gear)

Henri Coanda (1910 – First jet flight)
History of Romanian Aviation

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Source: “Roumania – A

Quarterly Review”

January 1932

Stamp issued in his memory (2000)
SEE: http://earlyaviators.com/efernic.htm