Fournier RF-3
| Fournier RF-3 | |
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| Belgian-registered RF-3 in 2012 | |
| Role | motor glider |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Societé Alpavia |
| First flight | 1963 (RF-3) |
| Number built | 1 (RF-1) 2 (RF-2) 89 (RF-3) |
| Variants | Fournier RF-4 |
The Fournier RF-3 is a single-seat motor glider designed by René Fournier and first flown in 1960.
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Fournier produced the Volkswagen-powered RF-1 single-seat motor-glider with a high-aspect low-monoplane wing, registered F-WJGX it first flew on 6 July 1960. Fournier followed it with an improved variant, the RF-2 using a Rectimo AR.1200 engine, the first of two-built, with the help of Centre Est, first flew in June 1962.
Fournier started a company Societé Alpavia to manufacture a production variant of the RF-2, named the RF-3. The first RF-3 was exhibited at the June 1963 Paris Air Show. Series production commenced later that year.
An aerobatic variant with a strengthened airframe was produced as the Fournier RF-4.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66
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