The Fournier RF-9 is a two-seat motorglider of conventional sailplane configuration. Originally produced in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, manufacturing was later taken over by ABS Aircraft

ABS Aircraft

ABS Aircraft AG is a Swiss aircraft manufacturer, building Fournier-designed motorgliders. It was founded in Küsnacht in 1985....

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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, and then by Gomolzig

Gomolzig Flugzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH

Gomolzig is a German aircraft and engineering manufacturer based in Schwelm, Koblenz and Breitscheid, that services and has built under license a variety of powered and glider aircraft. See also:*Fournier RF-9*Caproni A-21 Calif...

 in Germany

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

1977 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977:-January:* January 15 – Linjeflyg Flight 618, a Vickers Viscount 838. crashes in Kälvesta, Sweden just outside Stockholm killing all 22 on board....

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Specifications (RF-9)

See also

• Fournier RF-4
  Fournier RF-4
  -References:* Harrison, Neil. . Flight International, 2 May 1968. pp. 669–670....
  
  
• Fournier RF-5
  Fournier RF-5
  -References:* Smith, Tony. . Flight International, 11 June 1970. pp. 974–977.* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3....