Ar 199 | |
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Model of an Ar 199 | |
Role | Trainer |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Arado Flugzeugwerke |
First flight | 1939[1] |
Primary user | Luftwaffe |
Number built | 31[2][3] |
The Arado Ar 199 was a floatplane aircraft, built by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was a low-wing monoplane, designed in 1938 to be launched from a catapult and operated over water. The enclosed cockpit had two side-by-side seats for instructor and student, and a third, rear seat, for a trainee-navigator or radio operator.
Two of the 5 prototypes, D-IFRB and D-ISBC did serve as trainers[1] and were used for air-sea rescue operations from Northern Norway.[4]