Adaridi AD 3 was a wooden aircraft designed by the Russian engineer Boris Adaridin, who lived in Finland. It was a high wing aircraft with a low-powered engine. In 1923, the

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ordered one Adaridi aircraft. The aircraft was not given any official designation code. The maiden flight was on April 17, 1924. The German ace, Leutnant

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(32 victories in World War I) described the aircraft as having mediocre flying qualities, and that the engine was inadequate. The aircraft was never meant to become a military aircraft, it was merely an exercise in building an aircraft. The aircraft was stationed at the fighter squadron at

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air force base from the summer of 1924 until 1931. It was very rarely flown, as inexperienced pilots could not get the aircraft off the ground.

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Museum aircraft

The sole manufactured Adaridi is displayed at the

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