Prajadhipok (aircraft)

Prajadhipok

Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Royal Siamese Air Force Manufacturing Division
Designer	Lieutenant Colonel Luang Neramit Baijayonta
Introduction	1929
Primary user	Directorate of Air Force, Royal Siamese Army

The Prajadhipok (Thai: ประชาธิปก), also known as Fighter Type 5, was a single-seat fighter, the second indigenous Siamese aircraft design.

In 1929, Lieutenant Colonel Luang Neramit Baijayonta designed the aircraft, which was named Prajadhipok after His Majesty King Prajadhipok (Rama VII). It was the second aircraft designed and built in Siam and the first Siamese designed and built fighter, now called Fighter Type 5.

References

Forsgren, Jan. "Aircraft Production in Thailand: Part 2". aeroflight. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

Aircraft manufactured in Thailand

Early years	Boripatra Prajadhipok

After WW2	RTAF-2 RTAF-4 RTAF-5 RTAF-6

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