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aerobatic trainer designed by students at the

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. In October 1967 the aircraft was displayed at the Economic Achievement Exhibition in Moscow. The Kvant was a single-seat low-wing monoplane with a retractable main landing gear and a fixed tailwheel. It was powered by a

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radial engine. The aircraft held five official FAI world records.

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