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Fournier RF 4

The Fournier RF 4 is a single-seater motor glider designed by René Fournier in 1966. It is an aerobatic version of the Fournier RF 3.

Design and development
Conceived as a motor glider and sport touring aircraft, the RF 4 was introduced in 1966. It is of all-wood construction and is fully aerobatic. The landing gear consists of a monowheel gear which retracts forward into a fibreglass cowling. The main wheel has a brake which is manually operated. There is a small steerable tailwheel and wing-mounted outrigger wheels. ==Operational history==
Operational history
An RF 4D was flown by Mira Slovak across the Atlantic Ocean while participating in the May 1969 Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race. The flight won a £1,000 prize offered by the London Evening News for the best performance in the race by an aircraft under gross take-off weight. ==Variants==
Variants
;RF 4 :Prototype aerobatic variant of the RF 3, three-built by Alpavia ;RF 4D :Production variant, 155 built in Germany by Sportavia-Putzer, D was for Deutschland. 16 shipped to America ==Specifications (RF 4D)==
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