Skandinavisk Aero Industri
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Denmark
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manufacturer of aeroplanes
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
that existed between 1937 and 1954. The company was founded by technician Viggo Kramme (1905–1984) and engineer Karl Gustav Zeuthen (1909–1989) and based in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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The company's aeroplanes were labelled "KZ" for Kramme and Zeuthen, the first being the KZ I from 1937. The KZ IV was built as an ambulance plane for Zone-Redningskorpset and introduced in 1944. Post-war sales never reached the company's expectations, and production turned unprofitable in the early 1950s, driving the company to shutdown. In total, about 200 planes were built by the company.
A number of the KZ planes have been preserved. As of 2005, Dansk Veteranflysamling (The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft) exhibits a specimen of each of the 11 aircraft models manufactured by the company.
Aircraft
| Name | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| KZ I SAI KZ I |-References:* *... |
1937 | Prototype only; seized by the Germans in World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
| KZ II SAI KZ II |-References:* * * *... |
1937/38 | Three subtypes ("Kupé", "Sport", "Trainer") |
| KZ G-I | 1943 | Glider Glider aircraft Glider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can... |
| KZ III SAI KZ III -See also:-External links:*... |
1944 | Ambulance plane Air ambulance An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot reach the scene easily or quickly enough, or the patient needs to be transported over a distance or terrain that makes air transportation the most practical transport.... |
| KZ IV SAI KZ IV |-References:* *... |
1944 | Ambulance plane |
| KZ VII SAI KZ VII |-References:* *... |
1946 | |
| KZ VIII SAI KZ VIII |-References:* *... |
1949 | Aerobatic Aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment and sport... plane |
| KZ (IX) Ellehammer | 1950 | Replica of a 1909 Ellehammer Jacob Ellehammer Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer was a Danish watchmaker and inventor born in Bakkebølle, Denmark. He is remembered chiefly for his contributions to powered flight.... plane |
| KZ X SAI KZ X |-References:* *... |
1951 | Artillery Artillery Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons... observation plane |
External links
- History of The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft and the KZ planes
- List of aeroplanes at The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft
- Skandinavisk Aero Industri and the KZ planes (in Danish) from The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft
- The KZ & Vintage Aircraft Club
- About the KZ IV planes (in Danish) from The Danish Aviation Historical Society