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The IFIL-Reghin RG-6 was a light aircraft built in Romania in 1957 for aeroclub use.
[Taylor 1989, 577] It was designed by
Vladimir Novichi at the request of the national sport flying association
AVSAP, which specified the use of the
Praga D
The Praga Hostivař D was a four-cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed aircraft engine first produced in Czechoslovakia in 1936 but which enjoyed its greatest success after World War II due to the explosion in popularity of sports flying. A ...
engine, surplus stocks of which were available in Romania following production of the
Zlín Z-22.
[Manolache 2004]
Novichi's design was for a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem under a long canopy. The structure was to be entirely of wood, so when production of the type was organised through
Sovromtractor, it was assigned to the
IFIL factory in
Reghin
Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The ...
, which was already producing wooden gliders.
[Balint 2007] Only three examples of the RG-6 were built.
An RG-6 was used by pilot Vasile Petcu to set a national class airspeed record of 165 km/h (103 mph) over a 100 km closed circuit in 1957.
[Tudor 2004]
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1950s Romanian civil trainer aircraft
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