Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH (RFB) was a German aircraft manufacturer. The company was established at

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its c ...

, Germany in 1955, and later moved to

Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach (, ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Netherlands, Dutch border. Geography Municipal subdivisions Since 2009, th ...

. Due to insolvency of its parent company, ABS International, in 1993 RFB became unable to pay its creditors and the company wound down operations and was liquidated by 2006.

Aircraft

*1955

Rhein Flugzeugbau RW 3 Multoplan The Rhein Flugzeugbau RW 3 Multoplan is a two-seat light pusher configuration aircraft that was produced in small numbers by Rhein Flugzeugbau GmbH between 1958 and 1961. Design The prototype RW 3 Multoplan was designed by Hanno Fischer who foun ...

*1960 Rhein-Flugzeugbau RF-1 *1970

RFB X-113 The RFB X-113 Aerofoil Boat was an experimental ground effect vehicle intended to work over water. It was one of three such aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in the 1960s and early 1970s. The X-113 first flew in 1970; only one was built. ...

*1973 RFB/Grumman American Fanliner *1977

RFB X-114 The RFB X-114 was a ground-effect craft, designed chiefly to operate over water but capable of flight at higher altitudes where required, carrying five or six passengers or freight along coasts and capable of surveillance duties. One was evaluat ...

— ground effect vehicle *1982

RFB Fantrainer The RFB Fantrainer (or Fan Trainer) is a two-seat flight training aircraft which uses a mid-mounted ducted fan propulsion system. Developed and manufactured by Germany, German aircraft company Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH (RFB), it has been used by th ...

— basic two-seat trainer powered by ducted fan

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