The Fournier RF-9 is a two-seat
motorglider
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of conventional sailplane configuration. Originally produced in
France
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, manufacturing was later taken over by
ABS Aircraft in
Switzerland
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, and then by Gomolzig in
Germany
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. The pilot and passenger are accommodated side-by-side, and the aircraft's wings are foldable for ease of storage. It first flew in
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
. The licence-built example was known as the Fournier RF-9 ABS but only one, registration D-KHGO (w/nr.9021) was ever constructed. In 1994, ABS Aircraft GmbH left the development of ABS RF-9 though two further kits had been built, and were later constructed by the Polish Aircraft company Polavi
Specifications (RF-9)
See also
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Fournier RF 4
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Fournier RF 5
References
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1970s French sailplanes
Fournier aircraft
Motor gliders
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Aircraft first flown in 1977
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